Word details

表向き

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 表向き.

Dictionary

Entry

表向きもてむきNounFreq #6678
1

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

Examples
「ここまでは表向きの話なんです。キリカさんも知っていることですね」「ってことは、裏向きもあるんですか?」
"Up to this point has been the official story, which Kirika also knows." "By which you mean there is also an unofficial?"

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

surface, table, chart, diagram

8 strokesFrequency 77JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ヒョウ

Kun

おもて-おもてあらわ.すあらわ.れるあら.わす

yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

6 strokesFrequency 182JLPT N2Grade 3

On

コウ

Kun

む.くむ.い-む.きむ.ける-む.けむ.かうむ.かいむ.こうむ.こう-むこむか.い

Nanori

こおむかむかいむこう

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