正面

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Chinese

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just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
 
face; side; surface
face; side; surface; aspect; top
 
simp. and trad.
(正面)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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正面

  1. positive; good
    正面形象  ―  zhèngmiàn xíngxiàng  ―  positive image
    正面影響正面影响  ―  zhèngmiàn yǐngxiǎng  ―  positive impact
  2. direct; head-on
    正面衝突正面冲突  ―  zhèngmiàn chōngtū  ―  head-on clash
    正面回答問題 [MSC, trad.]
    正面回答问题 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng nǐ zhèngmiàn huídá wǒ de wèntí. [Pinyin]
    Please answer my question directly.

Antonyms

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Noun

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正面

  1. front; façade; frontage
  2. right side; obverse
    牛皮紙正面牛皮纸正面  ―  niúpízhǐ de zhèngmiàn  ―  the right side of kraft paper
    25美分硬幣正面華盛頓總統頭像 [MSC, trad.]
    25美分硬币正面华盛顿总统头像 [MSC, simp.]
    25 měifēn yìngbì de zhèngmiàn shì Huáshèngdùn zǒngtǒng de tóuxiàng. [Pinyin]
    The obverse of a quarter shows the profile of George Washington.
  3. (anatomy) frontal plane
  4. (Magong, Sanxia and Tainan Hokkien) right side; the right

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1
めん
Grade: 3
goon

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 正面 (MC tsyeng|tsyengH mjienH).

First attested in the early 1200s.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しょう)(めん) (shōmenしやうめん (syaumen)?

  1. [from early 1200s] front, façade (as of a building)
  2. [from 1484] direct front side of something
    正面(しょうめん)カメラ
    shōmen kamera
    camera positioned to capture from directly in front of a subject
    正面(しょうめん)から()
    shōmen kara miru
    look from directly in front
  3. [from 1903] straightforwardness, directness (especially in dealing with something)
    Synonym: 真面 (matomo, honesty, directness, straightforwardness)
  4. [from 1430] (Noh, theater) the front of the main stage
  5. [from 1803] (sumo) the north side of the 土俵場 (dohyōba, the raised square wrestling ring)
    Antonym: 裏正面 (ura-jōmen, the south side of the 土俵場 (dohyōba, the raised square wrestling ring))
  6. [late 1700s – ???] (historical) in the Shinagawa area of Edo, the front area of a brothel where prostitutes would show off and attract customers
    Synonym: 張り見世 (harimise)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
まとも
Grade: 1 Grade: 3
jukujikun

Alternative spelling of 真面 (matomo), swapping out the broadly synonymous kanji for .

Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions of 正面 – see the following entry.
真面まとも
[adjective] [from at least 1803] direct, straight, frontwards
[adjective] [from 1814] honest, proper, upright, correct, appropriate
Alternative spelling
真とも
(This term, 正面, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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正面 (jeongmyeon) (hangeul 정면)

  1. hanja form? of 정면 (front, façade)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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正面

  1. chữ Hán form of chính diện.