- せんぜん
- [戦前] before the war∥ This church dates before the war. = ... was built before the war. この教会は戦前に建てられたものである.¶→戦前の¶→戦前派戦前
pre-war days* * *せんぜん【戦前】before the warThis church dates before the war. =... was built before the war. この教会は戦前に建てられたものである.
¶ → 戦前の¶ → 戦前派* * *せんぜん【戦前】1 〔戦争前〕 a prewar [《文》 ante-bellum] period; prewar days; the period [days] before the war; 〔第二次大戦前〕 the pre-World War II period.●戦前には in prewar days [times]; before [previous to, prior to] the war; prewar
・戦前に戻ったような暮らし a life like life before the war.
●戦前の prewar; 《文》 antebellum
・戦前の品物 prewar materials [items, things, stuff]
・戦前の建物 a prewar building; a building which predates the war; 〔様式〕 a building in a prewar style.
2 〔試合の始まる前〕●戦前の予想 judging from the situation before the game; a pre-game prediction.
戦前派 《belong to》 a [the] a prewar generation [school]; 《米》 the prewars.戦前復帰権 【国際法】 a postliminium 《pl. -nia》; a postliminy; 【ローマ法】 《L》 jus postliminii.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.