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面 kanji
mask, face, features, surface
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
メンベン
Kun readings
おもおもてつら
Variant forms
靣Words with 面
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —三面六臂rush of business; versatility; man who can do the work of many
- —四面楚歌being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
- —正面向きfront view
- —正面攻撃frontal attack
- —正面衝突head-on collision
- —全面禁止complete prohibition
- —全面広告full page advertisement
- —全面戦争total war; all-out war
- —多方面にat many levels
- —天罰覿面the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance
- —八面玲瓏beautiful from all sides; perfect serenity; affability
- —八面六臂competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; 8 faces and 6 arms
- —反面教師bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
- —表面張力surface tension
- —平面図形plane figure
- —面従腹背pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
- —面食らうto be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
- —両面刷りprinting on both sides
- —人面獣心beast in human form
- —背面跳びFosbury flop (high jump technique)