► 名詞
表 [おもて] meaning: front rank: 1
☆ お札の表と裏 ⇨ The front and back sides of a bill
☆ 家の表の庭 ⇨ The front yard of the house
表 [おもて] [coll] meaning: outside rank: 1
☆ なんなら表に出てケリをつけようぜ ⇨ Why don’t we go outside and settle this?
☆ 子供達は表で遊んでいる ⇨ The kids are playing outside (on the street in front of the house)
表 [おもて] meaning: public rank: 1
☆ 彼は表ではそんなことを言っているが、裏では全然違うことを言っている ⇨ He is saying that publicly, but saying something completely different behind the scene
表 [おもて] meaning: surface rank: 1
☆ このジャケットは表と裏どちらでも着られる ⇨ This jacket can be worn either outside out or inside out
表 [ひょう] meaning: chart rank: 1
☆ 彼は日程を表にした ⇨ He put the schedule in a chart
☆ 電車の時刻表 ⇨ A train timetable, schedule
More examples:
- 彼は記者会見の席上で引退を表明した ⇨ He announced his retirement at the press conference
- 芸能界は表面は華やかに見える ⇨ Entertainment industry looks glamorous on the surface
- 国内総生産は経済指標の代表だ ⇨ GDP is one of the most frequently used economic indexes
- 彼の張り詰めた表情 ⇨ His tense face
- その二つは表面的には似ているが実際は全く違う ⇨ Those two resemble on the surface, but in fact are completely different
- 女優は婚約解消を発表した ⇨ The actress announced the cancellation of her engagement
- このグラフは人口の推移を表してる ⇨ This graph is showing the change in population
- 彼の表情には疲労が濃い ⇨ His face shows strong fatigue
- 彼等は矢継ぎ早に新製品を発表した ⇨ They announced (multiple) new products in a quick succession
- 彼女は悲しそうな表情をした ⇨ She had a sad facial expression
- 彼等は満を持して競合製品を発表した ⇨ They took their time to debut their competing product
- 子の絵は何を表しているのだろう？ ⇨ What is this painting really representing?
- 表敬訪問 ⇨ A visit to pay respect
- 市は新しい高速道路の建設する計画を発表した ⇨ The city announced a plan to construct new freeways
- 彼はシャツを裏表反対に着ている ⇨ He’s wearing his shirt inside out