Meaning
戦前 (せんぜん, senzen) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “prewar period”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 6
戦前の 生活は 今と 全く 違いました。
Life in the prewar era was quite different from that of now.
戦前の祝祭日の一つ。
It was one of the public holidays in the prewar period.
戦前、ヨーロッパへ行きました。
I went to Europe before the war.
戦前、ヨーロッパへ 行きました。
I went to Europe before the war.
これは、戦前の空手写真などを見れば明らかである。
This is obvious from pictures of karate practitioners taken prior to WWII.
その映画は戦前の雰囲気を完ぺきに再現している. The film reproduces the prewar atmosphere perfectly.戦前と違い, 今は大学出も掃いて捨てるほどいる. Unlike in prewar days, university graduates are now a dime a dozen.戦前はよく彼と一緒だったものだ. I used to see a lot of him [was with him a great deal] before the war.戦前の我が国では校舎はほとんど木で造られていた. In pre‐war Japan most schoolhouses were built [constructed] of wood.戦前の日本では父親の威光は大したものだった. In prewar Japan a father used to have great authority over his family.大阪市には戦前には舞妓が居た。
In Osaka City there were Maiko before the war.