noun
inside front cover; front endpaper
Refers specifically to the inside surface of the front cover of a book, often where the endpaper is pasted down. Used in bookbinding and bibliographic contexts.
See also: 見返し (みかえし)
古書では、表見返しに蔵書票が貼ってあることが多い。
In old books, a bookplate is often affixed to the inside front cover.
この本の表見返しには、著者のサインがある。
There is the author's signature on the inside front cover of this book.
裏見返し is the inside back cover, the counterpart to 表見返し.
Compound of 表 (front) and 見返し (endpaper/inside cover). The reading みかえし is the nominalized form of 見返す (to look back), referring to the part that is folded back from the cover.