目の前|めのまえmenomae[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. expression, nounbefore one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose
   この間あいだミュージカルに見みに行いったんだけど、前まえから３列れつ目めでさ、もう憧あこがれの人ひとが目めの前まえで、もう最高さいこうだったね。一段いちだんと彼かれを好すきになった。↗

   I was at a musical recently, in the third row. Seeing the actor I love up close like that made me feel more smitten with him than ever.
2. expression, nounimmediate; imminent; around the corner

• Synonym面前めんぜんWrittenWritten/formal: in someone's presence, as in 「先生の面前で」; 「公衆の面前」 means in public. Unlike 「目の前」, it never expresses something imminent in time.
• RelatedそばNeutralRefers to being right beside someone or something, as in 「そばにいる」; it stresses close proximity nearby, while 「目の前」 is straight ahead or imminent.
• Related前まえNeutralThe broadest term: in front of a place or earlier in time, as in 「駅の前」. 「目の前」 is limited to what is right before one's eyes or imminent.
• Antonym遠方えんぽうWrittenWritten/formal word for a distant place or faraway location; it is the spatial opposite of 「目の前」 as what is close at hand, not a word for the distant future.
• Antonym背後はいごNeutralBehind or at the rear, and by extension behind the scenes; it stands opposite 「目の前」, which points to what is straight ahead.

Use 「目の前」 for what is right before your eyes, straight ahead, or imminent, as in 「目の前の問題」 and 「試験が目の前に迫る」. For close by at one's side say 「そば」, for in someone's presence 「面前」; the opposites are 「背後」 and 「遠方」.

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1. すぐ前まえ。
2. 極きわめて近ちかい将来しょうらい。