"前述" meaning in Japanese

See 前述 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨt͡sɨ] Forms: 前述 [canonical] (ruby: (ぜん), (じゅつ)), zenjutsu [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぜんじゅつ}} 前(ぜん)述(じゅつ) • (zenjutsu)
  1. the aforementioned, aforestated Synonyms: 先述
    Sense id: en-前述-ja-noun-qlDuqoeP Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 71 29

Verb

IPA: [d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨt͡sɨ] Forms: 前述する suru [canonical] (ruby: (ぜん), (じゅつ)), zenjutsu suru [romanization], 前述し [stem] (ruby: (ぜん), (じゅつ)), 前述した [past] (ruby: (ぜん), (じゅつ))
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|ぜんじゅつ}} 前(ぜん)述(じゅつ)する • (zenjutsu suru) suru (stem 前(ぜん)述(じゅつ)し (zenjutsu shi), past 前(ぜん)述(じゅつ)した (zenjutsu shita))
  1. mention before
    Sense id: en-前述-ja-verb-UHrkLBPt Categories (other): Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 40 60 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 9 91
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前述",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "述",
          "じゅつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zenjutsu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぜんじゅつ"
      },
      "expansion": "前(ぜん)述(じゅつ) • (zenjutsu)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "後述"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the aforementioned, aforestated"
      ],
      "id": "en-前述-ja-noun-qlDuqoeP",
      "links": [
        [
          "aforementioned",
          "aforementioned"
        ],
        [
          "aforestated",
          "aforestated"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "先述"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨt͡sɨ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぜんじゅつ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前述"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前述する suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "述",
          "じゅつ"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zenjutsu suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前述し",
      "roman": "zenjutsu shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "述",
          "じゅつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前述した",
      "roman": "zenjutsu shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "述",
          "じゅつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぜんじゅつ"
      },
      "expansion": "前(ぜん)述(じゅつ)する • (zenjutsu suru) suru (stem 前(ぜん)述(じゅつ)し (zenjutsu shi), past 前(ぜん)述(じゅつ)した (zenjutsu shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              45,
              61
            ]
          ],
          "english": "This point will be omitted since it has been mentioned before.",
          "roman": "Sono ten ni tsuite wa zenjutsu shita node habuku.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "点",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "前述",
              "ぜんじゅつ"
            ],
            [
              "省",
              "はぶ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "その点については前述したので省く。",
          "translation": "This point will be omitted since it has been mentioned before.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mention before"
      ],
      "id": "en-前述-ja-verb-UHrkLBPt"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨt͡sɨ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぜんじゅつ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前述"
}
{
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 前 read as ぜん",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 述 read as じゅつ",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前述",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "述",
          "じゅつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zenjutsu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぜんじゅつ"
      },
      "expansion": "前(ぜん)述(じゅつ) • (zenjutsu)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "後述"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the aforementioned, aforestated"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aforementioned",
          "aforementioned"
        ],
        [
          "aforestated",
          "aforestated"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "先述"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨt͡sɨ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぜんじゅつ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前述"
}

{
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 前 read as ぜん",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 述 read as じゅつ",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前述する suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "述",
          "じゅつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zenjutsu suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前述し",
      "roman": "zenjutsu shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "述",
          "じゅつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前述した",
      "roman": "zenjutsu shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "述",
          "じゅつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぜんじゅつ"
      },
      "expansion": "前(ぜん)述(じゅつ)する • (zenjutsu suru) suru (stem 前(ぜん)述(じゅつ)し (zenjutsu shi), past 前(ぜん)述(じゅつ)した (zenjutsu shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              45,
              61
            ]
          ],
          "english": "This point will be omitted since it has been mentioned before.",
          "roman": "Sono ten ni tsuite wa zenjutsu shita node habuku.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "点",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "前述",
              "ぜんじゅつ"
            ],
            [
              "省",
              "はぶ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "その点については前述したので省く。",
          "translation": "This point will be omitted since it has been mentioned before.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mention before"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨt͡sɨ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぜんじゅつ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前述"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 前述 meaning in Japanese (3.7kB)

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    "前述"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "前述",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 10"
}

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  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "前述"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "前述",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 10"
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "前述",
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}

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