手前 (てまえ) — before, this side, one's own

手て前まえ before

Frequency #3593 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 2 characters 和語 wago 和語 (wago) — Native Japanese compound: all kanji use kun'yomi (native Japanese) readings. noun Part of speech (JMdict: n, pn)

temae

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. てまえ[0] heiban 平板

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