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面白いおもしろい～い Adj.Freq #660
1

interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling

Examples
新聞には何も面白いことは載っていない。
There is nothing interesting in the newspaper.
2

amusing; funny; comical

Examples
これは私が読んだ中で一番面白い本です。
This is the funniest book in my reading.
彼女は子供たちに面白い話をしてあげた。
She told her children an amusing story.
3

enjoyable; fun; entertaining; pleasant; agreeable

Examples
この本は面白い読み物です。
This book makes pleasant reading.
野鳥を観察するのはとても面白い。
Watching wild birds is great fun.
4

Usu. in the negative

good; satisfactory; favourable; desirable; encouraging

《面倒》めんどうNounFreq #992
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

trouble; bother

Examples
おじはいつも私たちの面倒をよくみてくれた。
My uncle always did well by us.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

trouble; difficulty

3

care; attention

面めんFreq #1218
1

Common noun

face

Examples
二人は面と向かった。
They confronted each other.
二人の男が面と向かい合った。
Two men met face to face.
2

Common noun

mask; face guard

Examples
その男はトラの面をかぶっていた。
The man wore a mask of a tiger.
3

Common noun; Martial arts

striking the head (in kendo)

4

Common noun

surface (esp. a geometrical surface)

Examples
そよ風で池の面にさざ波が立った。
A gentle wind made ripples on the surface of the pond.
5

Common noun

page

6

Common noun; Suffix

aspect; facet; side

Examples
ある面では、人生は残酷なものだ。私たちの１人１人大きな問題が用意されている。
In a way, life is a cruel thing. It holds major problems in store for each one of us.
7

Common noun; Suffix

chamfer

8

Counter

counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game

地面じめんNounFreq #1369
1

ground; earth's surface

Examples
１枚の枯れ葉が地面に落ちた。
A dead leaf fell to the ground.
2

land; lot; plot

《真面目》まじめマジメNoun～な Adj.Freq #1522
1

serious; earnest; sober; grave

Examples
サムは仕事に関してまじめです。
Sam is serious about his work.
2

honest; sincere

まとも正面真面真正面Noun～な Adj.Usually kanaFreq #1588
1

Usu. adverbially as 〜に

the front

2

honest; upright; decent; proper; respectable; straight; serious; sensible

Examples
まともな仕事につかなければいけませんよ。
You've got to get a steady job.
正面しょうめんNoun～の Adj.Freq #2336
1

Prefix

front; frontage; facade; main

Examples
正面のドアは鍵がかかったままだった。
The front door remained locked.
場面ばめんNounFreq #2737
1

scene; setting; place (where something happens); scenario; case

Examples
その場面は彼の記憶の底に留まっていた。
The scene was embedded in his memory.
2

scene (in a movie, play); shot

Examples
アクション場面の少ない映画にはいつも退屈してしまう。
I'm always bored with films that have little action.
3

state of the market

一面１面いちめんNounFreq #2765
1

one face; one surface

Examples
彼は新聞を取り上げて何気なく１面を眺めた。
He picked up the newspaper and glanced casually over the front page.
2

the whole surface

Examples
地面は一面の雪に覆われていた。
The ground lay beneath a blanket of snow.
3

one aspect; one side

Examples
「言葉の一面は、伝達しようとする意志である」と彼は言う。
"One aspect of language is an intent to communicate," he says.
4

Adverb (fukushi)

(on) the other hand

Examples
私には彼女の気持ちもわかるが、また一面では彼女が正しいとも思わない。
I understand her, but on the other hand I don't think she's right.
5

one broad, flat object

6

front page (e.g. newspaper)

表面ひょうめんNoun～の Adj.Freq #2790
1

surface; face

Examples
突然の風で池の表面が波立った。
A sudden wind agitated the surface of the pond.
2

outside; exterior

3

appearances; superficiality

画面がめんNounFreq #3230
1

screen (of a TV, computer, etc.)

Examples
液晶画面は、見にくいなぁ。
You can't see too well with these LCD displays.
2

image (on a screen); picture; scene

Examples
テレビの画面を調節してください。
Please adjust the television picture.
3

surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)

仮面かめんNounFreq #3565
1

mask

Examples
彼は正体を見破られないように仮面をつけていた。
He wore a mask so that no one could recognize him.
2

disguise; guise; mask

方面ほうめんNounFreq #3927
1

Noun, used as a suffix

direction; district; area

Examples
２５号線北方面の入り口付近にいます。
I'm near the on ramp to 25 north.
2

field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter; aspect; angle

顔面がんめんNoun～の Adj.Freq #4119
1

face (of person)

Examples
彼は拳で私の顔面を殴った。
He struck me in the face with his fist.
満面まんめんFreq #4537
1

Common noun

the whole face

2

Adverb (fukushi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

(wearing an expression) all over one's face

Examples
満面朱をそそいで怒った。
He went red in the face with rage.
水面すいめんみなもNounFreq #4606
1

water's surface

Examples
魚が水面から飛び上がった。
A fish leaped out of the water.
初対面しょたいめんはつたいめんNounFreq #4632
1

first meeting; first interview with

Examples
初対面の時、彼は偉そうな態度を取っていると思った。
When I first met him, I thought he was putting on airs.
いけめんイケ面いけ面イケメンNounUsually kanaFreq #4869
1

good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

面々面面めんめんNounFreq #4954
1

every person; each one; everybody

正面からしょうめんからExpressionFreq #3617
1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; eye to eye

2

from the front

めんどくさい面倒くさい面倒臭いめんどうくさい～い Adj.Usually kanaFreq #4698
1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

Examples
そこまで歩いて行くのはめんどうくさい。
It's too much trouble to walk there.
対面たいめんたいめNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #5217
1

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person

2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

面持ち面もち面持おももちNounFreq #5289
1

expression; look; countenance; face

側面そくめんNounFreq #5709
1

side; flank; profile; sidelight; lateral

Examples
鳥類の発声において真に驚異的な点は、鳴管の２つの側面が独立して動くことができるということである。
The truly remarkable feature of sound production by birds is that the two sides of the syrinx can act independently.
2

aspect; dimension

Examples
スポーツが人々に訴えるのは、その健康的側面によるだけでなく、チーム競技が養う協調精神、それに競争的側面そのものにもよるのである。
It's not only the health aspects of sports that appeal to people, but the cooperative aspect that team sports teach, and the competitive aspect in itself.
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