戦せん前ぜん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adverb

pre-war; before the war

Refers to the period before a war, most commonly World War II in Japanese contexts. Used as a noun, no-adjective, or adverb.

• 戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんでは、この習しゅう慣かんが一いっ般ぱん的てきだった。

  In pre-war Japan, this custom was common.

• 祖そ父ふは戦せん前ぜん、教きょう師