表ひょう紙し
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Meanings
Noun
1. cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding
Kanji used
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary
黄き表びょう紙し
illustrated storybook with yellow covers (Edo period)
Noun
上うわ表びょう紙し
cover; front cover; wrapper; jacket
Noun
紙かみ表びょう紙し
paper cover; paperback
Noun
革かわ表びょう紙し
leather cover; leather binding
Noun
背せ表びょう紙し
spine (of a book)
Noun
厚あつ表びょう紙し
thick book cover; book with thick binding
Noun
表ひょう紙し買がい
buying a book, magazine because of its cover
Noun
Examples6
He reached out and took down a small leather bound book.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
My father uses an old dictionary whose cover has come off.
She had the book with a torn cover under her arm.
Yesterday Mary gave me a book the cover of which was blue.
Don't judge a book by its cover.