表おもて

omote

Noun

1. surface

Antonym of 裏

Noun

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

この紙かみはどちらが表ひょうだか見分みわけがつかない。

kono kamiwa dochiraga hyōdaka miwakega tsukanai.

I cannot tell which is the right side of this paper.

Noun

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

私わたくしはその問題もんだいがわかっていない。裏うらと表ひょうの区別くべつもついていない。

watashiwa sono mondaiga wakatte inaiu. rato hyōno kubetsumo tsuite inai

I don't understand the problem; I could make neither head nor tail of it.

Noun

4. outside; exterior

一体いったい何なんが今晩こんばん表ひょうであんなひどい音おとをたてているのか見当けんとうもつきません。

ittai naniga komban hyōde anna hidoi otō tatete iru noka kentōmo tsukimasen.

I don't know what kind of creature is making such a terrible noise outside tonight.

Noun

5. appearance

Noun

6. public

内面ないめんの欠点けってんは必かならず表ひょうに現あらわれる。

naimenno kettenwa kanarazu hyōni arawareru.

An inner defect never fails to express itself outwardly.

Noun

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

Baseball

, Antonym of 裏【うら・8】

Noun

8. cover (for tatami mats, etc.)

Noun

9. foreground

Computing

Noun

10. Omotesenke school of tea ceremony

Abbreviation

, Related to 表千家

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