Word Meaning 正面

まとも matomo

正面 is read as まとも (matomo) and means the front.

Meaning

English

  1. the front
  2. honest
  3. upright
  4. decent
  5. proper
  6. respectable
  7. straight
  8. serious

Reading

Kana

まとも

Romaji

matomo

Writing Variants

  • 真面 まとも matomo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 背面 Rank 18156 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

正十二面体

せいじゅうにめんたい

regular dodecahedron

正二十面体

せいにじゅうめんたい

regular icosahedron

正四面体

せいしめんたい

regular tetrahedron

正八面体

せいはちめんたい

regular octahedron

正六面体

せいろくめんたい

regular hexahedron

正多面体

せいためんたい

regular polyhedron

真正面

ましょうめん

directly opposite

中正面

なかじょうめん

corner seating (noh), facing the corner pillar

正面攻撃

しょうめんこうげき

frontal attack

二正面作戦

にしょうめんさくせん

two-front war

戦闘正面幅

せんとうしょうめんはば

frontage

正式

せいしき

formal

Example Sentences

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The two cars crashed head-on.

The cars collided head on.

Tom is directly in front of me.

Tom was directly in front of me.

I'd like to sit near the front.

The front door remained locked.

The taxi collided head-on with a dump truck and was badly crushed.

The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.

This morning, just after six, an accident occurred inside a tunnel when a large truck collided head-on with a light automobile.

Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase "Don't blindly follow America's lead!"