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)
Practice writing
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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
- —全面謝罪full apology
- —面接調査interview survey
- —両面印刷double-sided printing; duplex printing; printing on both sides (of paper)
- —地下水面water table; groundwater level
- —表面抵抗surface resistance
- —多面待ちmany-sided wait (for one's last tile); complex wait; wait for three or more types of tiles which will finish one's hand
- —前面展望front view; observation car view
- —複素平面complex plane
- —オモテ面front side (of a piece of paper, coin, medal, etc.); obverse; A-side (of a record); main levels (as opposed to secret levels or post-game content)
- —個別面接individual interview; personal interview
- —面倒見るto care for someone; to look after someone
- —画面焼けscreen burn-in; ghost image
- —自由表面free surface
- —一次面接first-round interview; first-stage interview
- —二次面接second-round interview; second-stage interview
- —側面攻撃flank attack; flanking maneuver; indirect approach; attacking a problem from another angle; attacking an issue from the side
- —額面通りface value (of a security, bond, or currency); literal meaning; word for word (meaning); (at) face value
- —全面衝突all-out conflict; full-scale confrontation
- —模擬面接mock interview; practice interview
- —月光仮面Moonlight Mask (fictional superhero)