Meanings

before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

first name

failing to live up to one's name

(principle of) self-sufficiency

cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period

payment in advance (by bank transfer)

preface

frontal bone (of the skull)

vestibular nerve

self-serving logic

before and after childbirth

vestibular bulb

ex-ante analysis

Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)

preimplantation death

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)

to name

studying at a language school near a station (instead of going abroad)

preformation (theory)