Illustration: In a family dining room, everyone eats dinner around a small folding picnic table brought indoors. Knees crowd together beneath it, and the tallest family member sits sideways to fit.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

当とう面めん

toumen

for the time being

Example sentences

  1. 当面とうめんはホテルに泊とまるつもりです。

    For the time being, I intend to stay at a hotel.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 当面とうめんは彼かれに調子ちょうしを合あわせておいたほうがいいぞ。

    You should play along with him for the time being.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. なお、新駅舎完成後しんえきしゃかんせいごも当面とうめん2番ばんのりばは使用停止しようていしのままとなっている。

    Even after completion of the new station building, Platform 2 isn’t in service for the time being.

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

Kanji in 当面

  • 当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる
  • 面mask; faceOnメン・ベンKunおも・おもて・つら

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