前

to go downhill (e.g. for one's business); to be badly off (economically)

Meteorology

cold front

prior consultation

sailboat; sailing boat

Archaic

leader of a nobleman's cavalcade

みさき only

animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox)

preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork

Buddhism

may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil)

prescreen; pre-screening; prior inspection; preliminary review; pre-vetting

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Name of the Rose (1980 novel by Umberto Eco)

advance notification

female name

Food, cooking

Matsumae pickles; dried squid, kombu, and herring roe pickled together

part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono)

Proverb

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught

before one's birth; before one was born

abdication of an emperor (before demise)

prewar generation

Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)

before and after childbirth

before childbirth; prepartum; antepartum

Computing

name resolution

plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)

Food, cooking

Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)

Shinto wedding