Illustration: In a quiet apartment living room, a young adult formally meets their partner's parents. Their carefully polite smile contrasts with shoulders held rigidly high, knees pressed together, and one hand clenched against their trouser leg.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

表あらわれ

araware

sign, manifestation

Example sentences

それは彼女かのじょの性格せいかくの表あらわれだ。
It is an index of her character.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
日本人にっぽんじんは必かならずしも敬意けいいの表あらわれとしてお辞儀じぎするわけではない。
The Japanese do not always make a bow as a mark of respect.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
この言葉ことばを、光秀みつひでの合理主義ごうりしゅぎの表あらわれであるという意見いけんがある。
Some see these words as an expression of Mitsuhide’s rationalism.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 表

表surface; tableOnヒョウKunおもて・あらわす・あらわれる

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