Illustration: Backstage at a neighborhood amateur theater, a performer lifts a rigid, comically stern character mask slightly away from the face. One hand holds its edge while the fastening cord remains looped behind the head, making the relationship between mask and wearer clear.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

仮か面めん

kamen

mask

A mask worn over the face. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. トムは仮面かめんをかぶっていた。

    Tom was wearing a mask.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは正体しょうたいを見破みやぶられないように仮面かめんをつけていた。

    He wore a mask so that no one could recognize him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この演技えんぎはすべて仮面かめんをつけておこなわれ、無言むごんのパントマイムと舞まいで構成こうせいされる。

    The performance is presented as dances and pantmime without any dialogue, played by the actors all wearing masks.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 仮面

  • 仮sham; temporaryOnカ・ケKunかり・かり-
  • 面mask; faceOnメン・ベンKunおも・おもて・つら

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