オモテ
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
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (37 in total)
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; both sides
front side (of a piece of paper, coin, medal, etc.); obverse; A-side (of a record); main levels (as opposed to secret levels or post-game content)
front approach to shrine or temple
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
main street (as opposed to a side street); high street
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
front gate
the front
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
front door; vestibule
firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)
one's home; one's native province
street (front) door
front room; parlor; parlour; living room
sign out in front; front (for someone)
theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher)
second floor front room
facing of a tatami mat
main accomplishments
Omotesenke school of tea ceremony
outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining
Pacific Ocean coastal regions of Honshu
remains; traces; vestiges; memory
vicinity of Kyoto
front side (of a piece of paper, coin, medal, etc.); obverse; A-side (of a record); main levels (as opposed to secret levels or post-game content)
cloth folded inside out
knit stitch
high quality tatami covering made with soft rush from Hiroshima Prefecture
part of a wooden board closer to the bark; face side
foreground process
inside of the front cover (of book); front end-paper
first page of a renga or renku
side of a mountain that gets a lot of sunshine (and is therefore suitable for farming)
Omotesenke school of tea ceremony
Examples (7 in total)
To see this point, look at the table below.
Don't go outside. It's raining hard.
The figures in this table are shown in thousands.