前歴|ぜんれきzenreki[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounpersonal history
   彼かれの前歴ぜんれきについて私わたしたちは調査ちょうさした。↗

   We made inquiries into his past.

• Synonym過去かこNeutralThe past in the broadest sense, and also a past one would rather keep hidden; 「前歴」 is narrower — a person's own earlier record, whatever it involved.
• Synonym履歴りれきNeutralA record or log of the past, as in 「職歴」 and 「閲覧履歴」; it stresses the objective record rather than the experience itself.
• Synonym来歴らいれきWrittenWritten word for origins and history, said mostly of things; 「前歴」 is used only of people.
• Related素性すじょうNeutralOne's origins and identity, as in 「素性を明かす」; it stresses family background rather than one's career.
• Related歴史れきしNeutralHistory in the broad sense, of societies or of things; 「前歴」 refers only to a person's own past.
• Related由緒ゆいしょWrittenWritten word for a distinguished origin, with a dignified feel; said mostly of temples, shrines and families.
• Related沿革えんかくWrittenWritten word for an organization's history of change, as in 「会社の沿革」.
• RelatedヒストリーNeutralLoanword for history or a career, mostly in names and titles; rarely used on its own in everyday speech.

Use 「前歴」 for a person's past record — what they have done or been through before now — as in 「前歴を問わない」. For experience in general say 「経歴」 or 「履歴」, for the origins of things 「来歴」, and for family background 「素性」.

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1. 今いままでの経歴けいれき。