Illustration: At a neighborhood planning meeting, a resident points to a small wooden house in a tabletop model of the surrounding streets. Beyond the community room's open window, the corresponding real house has the same distinctive roof and adjoining tree.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

表あらわす

arawasu

to represent, to stand for

Example sentences

これは何なにを表あらわしますか。
What does this stand for?
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＆のマークはａｎｄの文字もじを表あらわす。
The sign "&" stands for "and".
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地図ちずの青あおい線せんは川かわを表あらわす。
The blue lines on the map represent rivers.
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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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