おもて – Vocabulary details

おもて

Noun

1. surface

2. face (i.e. the visible side of an object)

3. front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin

4. outside; exterior

5. appearance

6. public

7. first half (of an inning); top (of an inning)

8. cover (for tatami mats, etc.)

9. foreground

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もて

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

この点てんを見みるために、下したのおもてを見みなさい。

To see this point, look at the table below.

おもてに出でてはいけません、ひどく雨あめが降ふっているよ。

Don't go outside. It's raining hard.

このおもての数すう値ちは千せん単たん位いで示しめされている。

The figures in this table are shown in thousands.

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