前後 (Zengo) is a Japanese noun meaning “front and rear, front and back, before and behind, back and forth”.
Meanings
- nounfront and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth
- nounbefore and after
- noun suffix, noun, adverbaround; about; approximatelyafter a quantity, age, time, etc.
- nounorder; context
- nounconsequences
- nounjust when; around the time of
Examples
腕を前後に振りなさい。
Swing your arm back and forth.
彼は首を前後に振りました。
He shook his head back and forth.
ランプが前後にゆれていた。
The lamp was swinging back and forth.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).