jpdb beta

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

front and back; inside and outside; two sides; both sides

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

main street

front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

front gate

the front

publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally

front door; vestibule

firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)

one's home; one's native province

street (front) door

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)

facing of a tatami mat

second floor front room

main accomplishments

outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining

refacing (tatami) mats

Pacific Ocean coastal regions of Honshu

remains; traces; vestiges; memory

vicinity of Kyoto

frontage

cloth folded inside out

high quality tatami covering made with soft rush from Hiroshima Prefecture

knit stitch

side of a mountain that gets a lot of sunshine (and is therefore suitable for farming)

foreground process

inside of the front cover (of book); front end-paper

first page of a renga or renku