Kanji1 / 9
面 kanji
mask, face, features, surface
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
メンベン
Kun readings
おもおもてつら
Variant forms
靣Words with 面
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3面Popularface; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect; facet; side; chamfer; counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game
- N3場面Popularscene; setting; place (where something happens); scenario; case; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
- N3表面Popularsurface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
- N3面倒Populartrouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
- N2正面Popularfront; frontage; facade; main
- N2方面Populardirection; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter; aspect; angle
- N2面積Populararea (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
- N2面接Popularinterview (e.g. for a job)
- N2面倒臭いPopularbothersome; tiresome; bother to do
- N1一面Popularone face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object; front page (e.g. newspaper)
- N1斜面Popularslope; slanting surface; bevel
- N1側面Popularside; flank; profile; sidelight; lateral; aspect; dimension
- N1対面Popularmeeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
- N1断面Popularsection; cross section; profile
- N1直面Popularconfrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
- N1覆面Popularmask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
- N1面会Popularmeeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
- N1面目Popularface; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity; credit; appearance; look
- N1面するPopularto face on; to look out on to
- N1几帳面Popularmethodical; precise; meticulous; scrupulous; regular; punctual; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it