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着く前に

before arriving

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phrase Rare #24,808
before arriving 着く means “to arrive,” and 前に means “before.” The person or place someone arrives at is usually clear from context or stated elsewhere in the sentence.
JA: 駅に着く前に、切符を買いました。
EN: I bought a ticket before arriving at the station.

宗介着く前に食べなさい

Sosuke, eat before you get there.

— 崖の上のポニョ (2008)

列車は彼らが駅へ着く前に出てしまった。

The train had left before they arrived at the station.

ミーティングは僕が着く前に終わっちゃうだろうな。

The meeting will probably be over before I get there.

彼らが着く前にわたしに気づかないような場所で。

Somewhere they won’t notice me before they arrive.

南のお告げ所に着く前にわしの本に必要な最後の情報を取ってくるのだ

Before you reach the southern oracle, go and obtain the final piece of information needed for my book.

— ネバーエンディング・ストーリー (1984)

それは私が着く前に起こった。

It happened before I arrived.