How to say "aforementioned" in Japanese

• 前述ぜんじゅつCommon
  no-adjective, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the direct sense of 'aforementioned' or 'above-mentioned': something stated earlier in the same text or discussion. It points back to what was said before, as when a document refers again to an earlier point.
• 当該とうがいCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers the 'said' sense, identifying the specific person or thing in question, as with 'the authorities concerned'. It is typical of legal and official writing; for 'mentioned above', 前述 is what you want.

Choose 前述 to mean simply 'mentioned above' — referring back to something stated earlier in the text; choose 当該 for the 'said' sense of legal and official writing, pinpointing the person or thing in question.

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• 前述ぜんじゅつaforementioned
• 当該とうがいappropriate (e.g. authorities)
• 前出ぜんしゅつaforementioned
• 先述せんじゅつaforementioned
• 先出せんしゅつaforementioned
• 右記うきaforementioned (statement)
• 前件ぜんけん(the) aforementioned
• 上述じょうじゅつabove-mentioned
• ありけるsaid
• 既出きしゅつpreviously presented
• 例のれいのsaid