正しょう面めん
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Meanings
Noun
No-adjective
Prefix
1. front; frontage; facade; main
Kanji used
Pitch accent
しょうめん
Composed of
正しょう
exactly; precisely
Prefix
面めん
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect; facet; side; chamfer; …
Noun
Used in vocabulary
真ま正しょう面めん
directly opposite; right in front
Noun
正しょう面めん図ず
front elevation
Noun
向むこう正じょう面めん
opposite the front; front seats in a theater; stalls; orchestra seats; (seat facing) south side of ring
Noun
正しょう面めん玄げん関かん
front entrance; front door
Noun
脇わき正じょう面めん
side seating (to stage right in noh); centerstage right (noh)
Noun
中なか正じょう面めん
corner seating (noh), facing the corner pillar
Noun
正しょう面めんから
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; eye to eye; from the front
Expression
Examples4
The front door remained locked.
Shift the sofa so that it faces the fireplace.
This building looks large from the front, but not from the side.
Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase "Don't blindly follow America's lead!"