Illustration: At a secondhand furniture workshop, a small cabinet presents a beautifully polished front with elegant handles. A shopper admires that attractive face from the front while a repairer crouches at the open side, where a removed panel reveals split joints, crumbling wood, and a sagging interior shelf.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

上うわ面つら

uwatsura

surface, outward appearance

The reading うわつら is uncommon in everyday writing. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 湯ゆのみ茶碗ちゃわんに入いれて湯ゆを差さすことで塩漬しおづけの塩しおが溶とけだし、花はなびらが開ひらいて湯ゆの上面うわつらに浮ういてくる。

    When it is placed in a teacup and hot water is poured in, the salt used to preserve it dissolves, and the petals open and float to the surface.

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

  2. 彼かれの上面うわつらだけを見みて、信用しんようしてしまった。

    I trusted him based only on his outward appearance.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 話はなしの上面うわつらだけをなぞっても、問題もんだいは解決かいけつしない。

    Skimming over the surface of the discussion won’t solve the problem.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 上面

  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ
  • 面mask; faceOnメン・ベンKunおも・おもて・つら

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