正面

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Etymology 1

From Sinitic 正面.

Noun

正面 (hiragana しょうめん, romaji shōmen)

  1. front

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese  (ma, real, true, straight) +  (tsu, possessive particle) +  (mo, face, facing).

Adjectival noun

正面 (な-na inflection, hiragana まとも, romaji matomo)

  1. direct, straight
  2. honest, proper
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