Illustration: In a Japanese apartment kitchen, a resident wipes the broad front door of a refrigerator with a damp cloth. The appliance stands at an angle that also reveals its narrower side against the wall.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

前ぜん面めん

zenmen

front, front surface

Example sentences

  1. 車くるまの前面ぜんめんガラスは砕くだけて粉々こなごなになった。

    The front windshield of a car was smashed to pieces.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 前面ぜんめんには祭壇さいだんを設もうけ、米こめ・酒さけ・塩しお・水みず、故人こじんが生前好せいぜんこのんだもの等とうを供そなえる。

    An altar is set up in front, and rice, sake, salt, water, items loved by the deceased, and so on are offered.

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

  3. この経路けいろに入はいる場合ばあいは前面ぜんめんと側面そくめんに1ヶ所かしょずつヘッドマークを装着そうちゃくする。

    Those buses running through this bus route are fitted with the symbol marks of the route at the front and the side of their bodies.

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

Kanji in 前面

  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ
  • 面mask; faceOnメン・ベンKunおも・おもて・つら

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