(ぜん) (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) [EDICT]
(まえ) (n-adv,n-t,suf) (1) (See 前・ぜん) ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); (2) in front (of); before (e.g. the house); (3) head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; (4) in the presence of; (5) (See 人前・にんまえ) helping; portion; (6) privates; private parts; (P) [EDICT]
(qián, ㄑㄧㄢˊ) before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front [CE-DICT]
(yǐ, ㄧˇ) to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; abbr. for Israel [CE-DICT]
合
(ごう) (n) (1) 0.18039 litres (liters); (2) 0.3306 metres square (meters); (3) one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; (4) (See 衝・3) (astronomical) conjunction; (ctr) (5) counter for covered containers; (6) counter for matches, battles, etc.; (P) [EDICT]
(gě, ㄍㄜˇ) 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 [CE-DICT]
(hé, ㄏㄜˊ) Chinese musical note; fit; to join [CE-DICT]
理
(り) (n) (1) reason; principle; logic; (2) {Buddh} (See 事・じ) general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (3) (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos; (P) [EDICT]
(ことわり) (n) (See 道理) reason; truth; way of things; justice [EDICT]
(lǐ, ㄌㄧˇ) texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up [CE-DICT]
