生前

せいぜん

Meanings

1. Noun, Adverb while alive; during one's lifetime

Kanji

• 生 life. Read as セイ.
• 前 front. Read as ゼン.

Example sentences

• 彼は生前は偉大な作曲家とは認められなかった。
  He wasn't recognized as a great writer until after his death.

Words containing 生前

• 生前葬 (せいぜんそう) funeral performed for someone while they are alive
• 生前贈与 (せいぜんぞうよ) gift inter vivos
• 生前退位 (せいぜんたいい) abdication of an emperor (before demise)

And 1 more.

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