Kanji
Readingおもて
Frequency7%
Used in (49 in total)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
ostensible (surface) reason
front door; vestibule
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
one's home; one's native province
street (front) door
address (on envelope, etc.)
front room; parlor; parlour; living room
sign out in front; front (for someone)
theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher)
second floor front room
facing of a tatami mat
main accomplishments
outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining
house on a main street
to play outside (out of doors)
the front of a building; facade
refacing (tatami) mats
Pacific Ocean coastal regions of Honshu
firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)
vicinity of Kyoto
cloth folded inside out
knit stitch
plain knitting
high quality tatami covering made with soft rush from Hiroshima Prefecture
remains; traces; vestiges; memory
side of a mountain that gets a lot of sunshine (and is therefore suitable for farming)
inside of the front cover (of book); front end-paper
public; open; formal; official
year of a large crop; good year (for fruit, etc.); high pollen year
first page of a renga or renku
foreground process
foreground process group
scoring combination consisting of the January and March 20-point cards and the February 10-point card
Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis)