Does 前の方 have the same nuance of 前方


すごい行列だ でも、運良く前の方に並べたし

"What a big line. But luckily, I was standing..."

Does it mean the front part? Or does it mean he was standing there fro before?




前の方 refers to the front part of the queue.

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/djXuSm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/djXuSm.png)

前の方 and 前方【ぜんぽう】 are roughly the same, but people seldom say 運良く前方に並べた in
practice because 前方 sounds stiffer. When reserving a bus seat in polite
Japanese, 前の方の座席をお願いします and 前方の座席をお願いします are exactly the same.




前の方 refers to the front part of the queue.

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/djXuSm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/djXuSm.png)

前の方 and 前方【ぜんぽう】 are roughly the same, but people seldom say 運良く前方に並べた in
practice because 前方 sounds stiffer. When reserving a bus seat in polite
Japanese, 前の方の座席をお願いします and 前方の座席をお願いします are exactly the same.

