Kanji compounds#11,864 most used

建前

たてまえ0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

official stance

ITS KANJI

建前たてまえじゃなくて、本音ほんねを聞きかせて。

Don't give me the official line; tell me what you really think.

written for Tangoya

アメリカも本音ほんねと建前たてまえを使つかい分わける国くにだ。

America is also a country that separates its public motives from its private ones.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts)

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

noun

点前tea ceremony procedureたてまえ · not in tangoya

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#11,864 most used

Written建前、建て前、立前、立て前

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium