まえまえ
Maemae
Other forms: 前前
前々 (Maemae) is a Japanese noun meaning “a long time ago, long before now”.
Meanings
- nouna long time ago; long before now
Examples
先日、学校からの帰りに古本屋に立ち寄ったところ、前々から探していた本を偶然見つけた。
The other day, I stopped at a secondhand bookstore on my way home from school and happened to find a book I had been looking for for a long time.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).