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2 exact word matches found in search 'おもて'
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Most common form:
noun
1. surface  (opposite: )
2. face (i.e. the visible side of an object)
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noun
1. face
2. surface
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14 words found beginning with 'おもて'
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hospitality; reception; treatment; service; entertainment  (see also: 持て成し; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 表立つ
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to become public; to be known
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Most common form: 表だって
expression
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
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Most common form: 表通
noun
main street
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Most common form: 表書き
noun
address (on envelope, etc.)
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Most common form: 表看板
noun
sign out in front; front (for someone)
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noun
1. year of a large crop; good year (for fruit, etc.)  (see also: なり年:なりどし)
2. high pollen year
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noun
house on a main street
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noun
side of a mountain that gets a lot of sunshine (and is therefore suitable for farming)
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noun
Omotesenke school of tea ceremony  (see also: 表千家)
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10 partial word matches found in search 'おもて'
Most common form:
prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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interjection (kandoushi)
oh! (expression of slight surprise)
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noun
1. cord; strap; thong
2. string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
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1. chief; main; principal; important  (see also: 主な, 主に)
2. main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)  (see also: 重あど; usu. written as オモ; abbreviation)
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particle
1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)  (as AもBも)
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prefix
emphatic prefix  (see also: もて囃す, もて扱う; before a verb)
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algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: ; で after certain verb forms)
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Most common form:
noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手; colloquialism)
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Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: ; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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