[まえ, mae] (n-pref) (1) (See 前・まえ) the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former; (2) (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern"); (adj-no, n) (3) before; earlier; (P) #147
[tomo] (prt) (1) certainly; of course; to be sure; surely; (2) even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although; (3) (with neg. verb) without even; without so much as; (4) (after an adverb) (See 遅くとも) at the (least, earliest, etc.); (5) (sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と) (See と・1, と・2, と・3, と・4) emphatic particle; (P) #841
[はやくから, hayakukara] (exp) early on; earlier on; from early #19492
[できるかぎりはやい, dekirukagirihayai] (adj-i) as soon as possible; at the earliest time
[demoaru] (v5r-i) (1) (である with も) (See である) to also be (formal, literary); implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case; (2) to be ... or something; (P)
[いぜんに, izenni] (adv) ago; since; before; previously; heretofore; earlier
[かくせいいでん, kakuseiiden] (n, adj-no) atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type
[きそつしゃ, kisotsusha] (n) (See 卒者) graduate from an earlier year; alumnus; alumna; former graduate
[あとをおう, atowoou] (exp, v5u) (1) to pursue; (2) to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself (because one misses or longs to be with a loved one); (3) to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
[ごらんなさい, gorannasai] (exp) (1) (hon) (pol) (See 御覧なさる) (please) look; (2) see (used to emphasize that an earlier prediction was correct); (aux-v) (3) (hon) (pol) (after the -te form of a verb) (please) try to do
[もちこし, mochikoshi] (n, vs) (1) (col) (See 持ち越す) work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; (2) hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)
[もちてん, mochiten] (n) points (already) allotted to one; points (already) gained (in earlier rounds)
[じきがはやい, jikigahayai] (exp) before scheduled; earlier than expected
[しょきのころ, shokinokoro] (exp, adj-no) the earliest
[しょどう, shodou] (n) (1) initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; (2) initial shock (e.g. of earthquake); preliminary tremor
[さきに, sakini] (adv, n) before; earlier than; ahead; beyond; away; previously; recently; (P)
[まえにかったぶん, maenikattabun] (exp) the lot I bought earlier