Illustration: In a small woodworking shop, a carpenter crouches beside a broad horizontal cedar board and runs two fingertips along its freshly planed upper face. Low window light reveals the grain and a tiny raised splinter that has caught a thread from the carpenter’s sleeve.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

面つら

tsura

surface

This reading for surface is uncommon outside specialized contexts. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 柱はしらと壁かべの面つらをそろえてください。

    Please align the surfaces of the pillar and the wall.

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  2. 扉とびらの面つらが壁かべより少すこし出でている。

    The surface of the door sticks out slightly beyond the wall.

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  3. 棚板たないたの面つらを壁かべに合あわせて取とり付つけた。

    I installed the shelf board with its surface aligned with the wall.

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Kanji in 面

  • 面mask; faceOnメン・ベンKunおも・おもて・つら

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