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
- —当面Popularcurrent; urgent; pressing; impending; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
- —内面Popularinside; interior; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart
- —能面Popularnoh mask
- —半面Popularwhile; although; though; but; (but) at the same time; on the other hand; then again; and yet; half the face; profile; one side; a half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary; the opposite; half the surface (of)
- —反面Popularwhile; although; though; but; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; then again; and yet; opposite side; other side; reverse
- —譜面Popularsheet music; score
- —文面Popularcontents of a document (esp. of a letter)
- —平面Popularlevel surface; plane
- —裏面Popularback (side); reverse; B side (of a record); secret levels; hidden levels; post-game content
- —両面Popularboth sides; two sides; double-sided
- —渋面Populargrimace; sullen face
- —面々Popularevery person; each one; everybody
- —満面Popularthe whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face
- —面談Popularinterview
- —面識Popularacquaintance
- —路面Popularroad surface
- —壁面Popularsurface of a wall
- —裏面Popularback (side); reverse; the inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society); behind the scenes; beneath the surface
- —社会面Popularsocial page (of newspaper); local news page
- —初対面Popularfirst meeting; first interview with