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Surface Face Mask Aspect 面 E.G Area Side

Kanji
Onyomi メン、ベン
Kunyomi おも、おもて、つら
Nanori お, ずら, ほおつき, も
English mask, face, features, surface
Examples 面目(めんもく): (1) face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity; credit (2) appearance; look
場面(ばめん): scene; setting (e.g. of novel)
正面(しょうめん): front; frontage; facade; main
表面(ひょうめん): surface; outside; face; appearance
面積(めんせき): area
側面(そくめん): side; flank; aspect; dimension; profile; sidelight; lateral
一面(いちめん): (1) one face; one surface (2) the whole surface (3) one aspect; one side (4) (on) the other hand (5) one broad, flat object (6) front page
水面(すいめん): water's surface
方面(ほうめん): (1) direction; district; area (2) field (e.g. of study)
面接(めんせつ): interview
面倒(めんどう): trouble; difficulty; care; attention
斜面(しゃめん): slope; slanting surface; bevel
面会(めんかい): meeting (face-to-face); interview
地面(じめん): ground; earth's surface
面白い(おもしろい): interesting; amusing
覆面(ふくめん): mask; veil; disguise
面倒くさい(めんどうくさい): bother(some) to do; tiresome
直面(ちょくめん): (1) confrontation (2) to face; to confront; to encounter
対面(たいめん): (1) interview; meeting (2) opposing (traffic, etc.); facing; confronting
洗面(せんめん): wash up (one's face); have a wash
断面(だんめん): cross-section
面する(めんする): to face on; to look out on to
真面目(まじめ): diligent; serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
面皰(にきび): pimple; acne
几帳面(きちょうめん): methodical; punctual; steady
面(おもて): (1) face (2) surface (3) mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
面(めん): (1) face (2) mask; face guard (3) (in kendo) striking the head (4) surface (esp. a geometrical surface) (5) page (6) aspect; facet; side (7) chamfer (8) counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game
生真面目(きまじめ): too serious; person who is too serious; honesty; sincerity
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 186
Components 面: face, face radical (no. 176)
Number of Strokes 9
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 176
Radical Strokes 9
Radical Reading めん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword mask
Koohii Story 1 If you´re wearing a mask, a hundred eyes can look at you but none of them will know who you are.
Koohii Story 2 When Jim Carrey puts on The Mask, he can make it seem like he has 100 eyes popping out of his head.

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade3, kanjifreq1-250

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