LingakuFrequency rank: 2,687. – 2,689.
- just before
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adverb (fukushi)
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- just before
This term is used to refer to a time that is very close to a particular event or action, indicating that something happens immediately prior to another event.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ちょくぜん直前にjust before (a specific moment)ちょくぜん直前のthe moment beforeちょくぜん直前にけってい決定するto decide just beforeちょくぜん直前のこうどう行動action just beforeちょくぜん直前のじゅんび準備preparation just beforeちょくぜん直前までup until just beforeちょくぜん直前のへんこう変更change made just beforeちょくぜん直前にれんらく連絡するto contact just beforeちょくぜん直前のじょうきょう状況situation just beforeちょくぜん直前にかんがえる考えるto think right before
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Example sentences
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That was probably just before Mai took the drastic step of leaving home.
The students never really get with it till just before the exam.
Bob was on the point of leaving when I rang him up.
Japan entered into an alliance with France just before the war.
The reporter filed his story just before the paper went to press.
Just before the wedding, the drunken father shouted at the groom: "I won't hand out my daughter to some stranger!"
I was on the point of leaving home when a light rain started to fall.