おもて
Meanings
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
Pitch accent
もて
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Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
① 正式の取り扱い。② 事実とは異なる表面上のとりあつかい。③ 他人に知られること。表沙汰。④ 公的機関に訴え出ること。告発。訴訟。
① 表面にはっきり表れて人目に付くようになる。② 公式の形をとる。③ 裁判ざたになる。
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
Examples (7 in total)
To see this point, look at the table below.
Don't go outside. It's raining hard.
The figures in this table are shown in thousands.