前日譚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	日	譚
ぜん Grade: 2	じつ Grade: 1	たん Hyōgaiji
goon	kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 前(ぜん)日(じつ) (zenjitsu, “previous day”) + 譚(たん) (tan, “story; tale”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんじつ​たん [zèńjítsúꜜtàǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑit͡sɨᵝtã̠ɴ]

Noun

前(ぜん)日(じつ)譚(たん) • (zenjitsutan) 

1. prequel

   Synonym: プリクエル (purikueru)

Related terms

• 続(ぞく)編(へん) (zokuhen)