English: beforehand previous myself I	On-Yomi: ヨ シャ	Kun-Yomi: あらかじ.め

Bushu (Radical) Info: 亅 (はねぼう) – feathered stick barb

Henshall Mnemonic: I've already pushed the shuttle

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #180 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 天気予報   [てんきよほう]
  weather forecast; weather report   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予習   [よしゅう]
  (n,vs) preparation for a lesson   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予定   [よてい]
  (n,vs) plans; arrangement; schedule; program; expectation; estimate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予約   [よやく]
  (n,vs) (1) reservation; appointment; booking; advance order; (2) contract; subscription; pledge   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 予期   [よき]
  (n,vs) expectation; assume will happen; forecast   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予算   [よさん]
  (n) estimate; budget   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予測   [よそく]
  (n,vs) prediction; estimation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予報   [よほう]
  (n,vs) forecast; prediction   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予防   [よぼう]
  (n,vs) prevention; precaution; protection against   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 予備   [よび]
  (n) preparation; preliminaries; reserve; spare   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 予て   [かねて]
  (adv) previously; already; lately   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予め   [あらかじめ]
  (adv) beforehand; in advance; previously   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予感   [よかん]
  (n) presentiment; premonition   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予言   [よげん]
  (n) prediction; promise; prognostication   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予想   [よそう]
  (n,vs) expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 執行猶予   [しっこうゆうよ]
  stay of execution; suspended sentence   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 猶予   [ゆうよ]
  (n) postponement; deferment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予告   [よこく]
  (n,vs) advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予選   [よせん]
  (n) nomination; primary; preliminary contest   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予想外   [よそうがい]
  (adj-na,n) unexpected; unforeseen; strange   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予断   [よだん]
  (n,vs) guessing; prediction; conclusion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 起訴猶予   [きそゆうよ]
  suspension of indictment; leaving charge on the file   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予知   [よち]
  (n) foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予備校   [よびこう]
  (n) prep school (ronin year)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予備費   [よびひ]
  (n) reserve funds; emergency funds   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 予防接種   [よぼうせっしゅ]
  immunization; vaccination   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 本予算   [ほんよさん]
  (n) main budget   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 補正予算   [ほせいよさん]
  revised or supplementary budget   [K] [D] [Jisho]

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Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.