Word Meaning 覿面

てきめん tekimen

覿面 is read as てきめん (tekimen) and means immediate (effect, result, etc.).

Meaning

English

immediate (effect, result, etc.)
instant
instantaneous
prompt

Reading

Kana

てきめん

Romaji

tekimen

Writing Variants

てき面 てきめん tekimen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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効果覿面

こうかてきめん

having an immediate effect

因果覿面

いんがてきめん

the swiftness of retributive justice

天罰覿面

てんばつてきめん

the certainty of divine punishment

外面

げめん

outer surface

面

つら

cheek meat

水面

みなも

water's surface

面

おも

face

渋面

しぶづら

grimace

場面

ばめん

state of the market

表面

ひょうめん

appearances

一面

いちめん

(on) the other hand

正面

しょうめん

front

Example Sentences

薬はすぐに覿面の効果を示した。

くすりはすぐにてきめんのこうかをしめした。

The medicine showed an immediate and obvious effect.

天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずの言葉通り、天罰覿面だ。

They say fate will catch up with you. That was God's way of punishing him.

この辺の意地悪婆さんが雷に打たれて頓死したらしい。まさに天罰覿面だとうちの母さんが言う。

It seems the mean old woman that lived around here was struck by lightning and suddenly died. My mother says it's truly a case of the swiftness of Heaven's vengeance.