LingakuFrequency rank: 8,015. – 8,023.
- the formerantonym: 後者
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
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- the former
This term is used to refer to the first of two items or options previously mentioned, distinguishing it from the latter option.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ぜんしゃ前者がのべた述べたとおり通りas mentioned by the formerぜんしゃ前者とこうしゃ後者the former and the latterぜんしゃ前者よりもthan the formerぜんしゃ前者のいけん意見the opinion of the formerぜんしゃ前者のだいひょう代表the representative of the formerぜんしゃ前者にたいして対してtowards the formerぜんしゃ前者のほう方がthe former is moreぜんしゃ前者のはんだん判断the judgment of the formerぜんしゃ前者をえらぶ選ぶto choose the formerぜんしゃ前者をしじ支持するto support the former
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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Out of the two designs, I prefer the former to the latter.
Rose and lilies are in bloom in the garden. I like these better than those.
Many support the former alternative, but I prefer the latter.
The solution of one may prove to be the solution of the other.
I prefer Noh to Kabuki, because the former looks more elegant to me than the latter.
I like dogs better than cats, because the former are more faithful than the latter.
I like a dog better than a cat, for the former is more faithful than the latter.
I have a son and a daughter. The one is in New York, and the other in London.
10. しごと仕事とあそび遊びはりょうほうとも両方ともけんこう健康にひつよう必要である。こうしゃ後者はわれわれ我々にきゅうそく休息をあたえ与え、ぜんしゃ前者はかつどうりょく活動力をあたえて与えてくれる。
Work and play are both necessary to health; this gives us rest, and that gives us energy.
The original and the copy are easily distinguished since the one is much more vivid than the other.
Health is above wealth: this doesn't give so much pleasure as that.
Health is above wealth; the latter gives less fortune than the former.
Health is above wealth, for the former is more important than the latter.
Health is above wealth, for this does not give us so much happiness as that.
Fish and meat are both nourishing, but the latter is more expensive than the former.
Love is above money. The latter can't give as much happiness as the former.
The pigeon and the ostrich are both birds; one can fly and the other cannot.
Joan and Jane are sisters. The former is a pianist.