面（めん）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: surface / face
Example sentences
- さいころには六つの面がある。 — A die has six faces.
- 紙の両面に印刷する。 — I print on both sides of the paper.
Idioms & proverbs containing “面”
- 盾の両面を見よ (たてのりょうめんをみよ) — look at both sides of the thing; look at both sides of the shield
- 神の正面仏のま尻 (かみのしょうめんほとけのましり) — put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
- 外面如菩薩内心如夜叉 (げめんにょぼさつないしんにょやしゃ) — looking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside
- 外面似菩薩内心如夜叉 (げめんじぼさつないしんにょやしゃ) — looking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside
- 喜色満面 (きしょくまんめん) — being all smiles with joy
- 効果覿面 (こうかてきめん) — having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
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See it used in real works
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