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おもて

surface

N4 #2,954

Meanings

  1. noun 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. baseball first half (of an inning); top (of an inning)
  8. cover (for tatami mats, etc.)
  9. computing foreground
  10. abbreviation Omotesenke school of tea ceremony

ひょう

  1. noun, suffix table; chart; list
  2. noun memorial to an emperor

Its kanji

In sentences

表おもてに出でようか。 Shall we take this outside? #74697

彼かれは感情かんじょうを表おもてわしがちだ。 He is apt to give vent to his feelings. #108770

内面ないめんの欠点けってんは必かならず表おもてに現あらわれる。 An inner defect never fails to express itself outwardly. #123215

その時とき間あいだ表おもてはあてにならない。 The timetable is not to be depended on. #209732

ものにはたいてい表おもてと裏うらがある。 With most things there's both what you see and what's behind it. #76383

下駄げたを突つっかけて表おもてに飛とび出だした。 I slipped on my geta and dashed outside. #2217324