表
Meanings
Noun
1. 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. first half (of an inning); top (of an inning)
8. cover (for tatami mats, etc.)
9. foreground
10. Omotesenke school of tea ceremony (Abbreviation)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
おもて
Used in vocabulary
表沙汰
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
Noun
Examples16
私
I don't understand the problem; I could make neither head nor tail of it.
内面
An inner defect never fails to express itself outwardly.
この
I cannot tell which is the right side of this paper.
一体
I don't know what kind of creature is making such a terrible noise outside tonight.
表
Heads I win, tails you win.
表
Shall we take this outside?