Previous work - Zensaku

Japanese: 前作 - ぜんさく

〘noun〙① A previously created work. An earlier production. Especially a work created just before a previous work. *Kusawaraburo (1948) Literary commentary by Furukawa Ryokuha "This one is just as long and rambling as the previous work."② A production by a previous person. A work by a predecessor. [Song Shu - Biography of Xu Yuan]③ When two types of crops, or more than the previous crop, are cultivated in succession in the same area, this refers to the crop that was cultivated earlier. Used in contrast to later crops . Maesaku.

Mae- Sakumae... [Previous work]

〘 noun 〙 = zensaku (previous work) ③

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 前に作った作品。以前の制作。特に、ある作品の一つ前に作った作品。※苦笑風呂（1948）〈古川緑波〉文芸時評「これも、だらだらと長いものであることは前作と同じであるが」② 前人の制作。先人の作品。〔宋書‐徐爰伝〕③ 同一地に二種、ないしは前に栽培される以上の作物を前後して栽培する場合の、前の栽培作物をいう。後作(あとさく)に対していう。まえさく。