(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]
年
(ねん) (n) (1) year (e.g. AD); (ctr) (2) counter for years [EDICT]
(とし) (n-adv,n) (1) (年 only) year; (n) (2) many years; (suf,n) (3) age; (n-adv,n) (4) past one's prime; old age; (P) [EDICT]
(とせ) (ctr) (arch) counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system) [EDICT]
(nián, ㄋㄧㄢˊ) year [CE-DICT]
時
(じ) (suf) (1) hour; o'clock; (suf,adj-no) (2) (See 緊急時) (specified) time; when ...; during ... [EDICT]
(こう) (n,suf) (1) public matter; governmental matter; (2) prince; duke; (n,n-suf) (3) lord; sir; (n-suf) (4) familiar or derogatory suffix (after a name, etc.) [EDICT]
(gōng, ㄍㄨㄥ) just; honorable (designation); public; common [CE-DICT]
里
(り) (n) (1) ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles); (2) (See 郷里制,国郡里制) neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); (3) (See 条里制) unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m); (P) [EDICT]
(さと) (n) (1) village; hamlet; (2) countryside; country; (3) (里 only) home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown; (4) (里 only) (See 御里) one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past [EDICT]
(lǐ, ㄌㄧˇ) inside; internal; interior; lining; village; basic unit of city administration [CE-DICT]
(lǐ, ㄌㄧˇ) Chinese mile (approx. 0.5 km); neighborhood; hometown; surname Li [CE-DICT]