1 before

2 prior to

3 ago

4 previously

5 beforehand

1 before

2 formerly

3 previous

4 ago

1 front

2 forward

3 ahead

4 first

5 top (followed by a number)

6 future

7 ago

8 before

9 BC (e.g. 前293年)

10 former

11 formerly

1 omen

2 portent

3 sign

1 previous generations

2 previous incarnation (Buddhism)

1 to advance courageously (idiom)

2 to press forward

1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

1 regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth

1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)

1 stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant

2 in a rut

3 at a standstill