対たい面めん

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対面する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	対たい面めんする	対たい面めんしない
Polite	対たい面めんします	対たい面めんしません
Past polite	対たい面めんしました	対たい面めんしませんでした
Past	対たい面めんした	対たい面めんしなかった
Te-form	対たい面めんして	対たい面めんしないで
Desire	対たい面めんしたい	対たい面めんしたくない
Potential	対たい面めんできる	対たい面めんできない
Passive	対たい面めんされる	対たい面めんされない
Causative	対たい面めんさせる	対たい面めんさせない
Causative passive	対たい面めんさせられる	対たい面めんさせられない
Volitional	対たい面めんしよう
Polite volitional	対たい面めんしましょう
Imperative	対たい面めんしろ	対たい面めんするな
Conditional	対たい面めんすれば	対たい面めんしなければ
Tara conditional	対たい面めんしたら	対たい面めんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person

Used for a direct, in-person meeting, often with a nuance of formality or importance. Common in business and official contexts.

明日あした、クライアントと初はじめて対たい面めんする。
I will meet the client face-to-face for the first time tomorrow.
オンラインではなく、対たい面めんでの面めん接せつを希き望ぼうします。
I prefer an in-person interview rather than online.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

facing each other; opposing; confronting

Describes two things or people positioned opposite each other, or a confrontational situation. Also used in traffic contexts for oncoming vehicles.

対たい面めんする二ふたつのビル。
Two buildings facing each other.
対たい面めん交こう通つうの道どう路ろでは、右みぎ側がわを走はしってはいけない。
On roads with opposing traffic, you must not drive on the right side.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と対たい面めんするto meet someone in person / face-to-face
彼かれは取とり引ひき先さきの担たん当とう者しゃと対たい面めんした。
He met the client's representative face-to-face.
〈物もの〉と対たい面めんするto be positioned facing something (e.g., an oncoming vehicle)
狭せまい道みちで対たい向こう車しゃと対たい面めんした。
We came face-to-face with an oncoming car on the narrow road.
感かん動どうの対たい面めんan emotional/moving reunion
被ひ災さい地ちで行方ゆくえ不ふ明めいだった家か族ぞくとの感かん動どうの対たい面めんが実じつ現げんした。
There was a moving reunion with the family who had been missing in the disaster area.
対たい面めんで〈動どう詞し〉to do something face-to-face (in person, as opposed to online)
打うち合あわせは対たい面めんで行おこなうことになった。
It was decided that the meeting would be held in person.

Kanji

対vis-a-vis, opposite, even
面mask, face, features

Transitive / intransitive

対面 can be used both as an intransitive verb (人と対面する, "to meet someone") and descriptively without an object as a noun modifying another noun (対面の席, "a seat facing another"), though it does not take a direct object in the transitive sense.

Related words· 7

面めん会かいN1sense 1
面会 emphasizes a formal, often scheduled visit (e.g., at a hospital or office), while 対面 stresses the act of being physically face-to-face with someone.
対たい向こう sense 2
対向 is used specifically for things moving in opposite directions (like traffic lanes), while 対面 covers both static facing positions and in-person meetings.
会かい見けんN1sense 1
会見 refers to an official meeting or interview, often with the press, whereas 対面 simply describes meeting someone in person without that formality.
顔かお合あわせ
対面 is the general word for meeting face-to-face, while 顔合わせ specifically implies a planned or ceremonial first meeting, such as between families before a wedding.

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相あい対たいN1
対面 emphasizes the physical act of meeting face-to-face, while 相対 stresses the private, direct nature of dealings between the parties themselves.
一いち対たい一いち
対面 emphasizes being physically face-to-face with someone, while 一対一 emphasizes the numerical ratio of one person or thing to another.
出で会あいN3
対面 stresses meeting someone face-to-face in a formal or business setting, while 出会い is broader and can include chance or casual encounters.

Opposites

リモート
対面 means 'face-to-face/in-person', the direct opposite of リモート when talking about meetings, classes, or work styles.

Don't confuse with· 5

体たい面めん
体面 (same reading as 対面) means one's reputation or public image, not a face-to-face meeting like 対面.
直ちょく面めんN1
対面 shares the kanji 面 but refers to meeting or being face-to-face with a person, while 直面 is used for confronting problems, crises, or facts, not people.
初しょ対たい面めんN2
対面 just means meeting someone face to face without implying it's the first time, unlike 初対面 which specifically means the first meeting.

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当とう面めん
当面 (とうめん, 'current/for now') and 対面 (たいめん, 'face-to-face meeting') look and sound similar but are unrelated in meaning.
真ま向むかいN2
対面 describes two things or people facing each other (often in interaction), whereas 真向かい describes a fixed spatial position directly across.

Word family

初しょ対たい面めんN2
first meeting; first encounter
対たい面めん交こう通つう
facing oncoming traffic while walking
対たい面めん授じゅ業ぎょう
face-to-face class; in-person lesson
対たい面めん販はん売ばい
face-to-face selling; in-person sales
対たい面めんキッチン
open kitchen; face-to-face kitchen
対たい面めん乗のり換かえ
cross-platform interchange; cross-platform transfer

Written forms

対面Usage100%
- たいめん
  Standard kanji spelling for both senses.
- たいめ
  out-dated reading
たいめ
out-dated reading

Etymology

From 対 (facing, opposite) and 面 (face, surface). The reading たいめ is obsolete.