前ぜん面めん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

front; front part; facade

Refers to the front-facing part of a physical object, building, or space. Often used in spatial descriptions.

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There is a large window on the front of the building.

車くるまの前ぜん面めんがへこんでしまった。

The front of the car got dented.

2

initial pledge; opening slogan

Used in political or campaign contexts for a promise or slogan put forward at the start. Often appears in phrases like 前面に掲げる.

〈物もの〉の前ぜん面めんに立たつto stand at the front of something
彼かれはグループの前ぜん面めんに立たってリードした。
He stood at the front of the group and led them.
〈事こと〉を前ぜん面めんに掲かかげるto hold up a cause or policy prominently
その政せい党とうは環かん境きょう保ほ護ごを前ぜん面めんに掲かかげて選せん挙きょに臨のぞんだ。
The party ran the election holding up environmental protection as its main platform.
〈事こと〉を前ぜん面めんに押おし出だすto push something to the forefront (of a campaign, plan, etc.)
会かい社しゃは新しん製せい品ひんを前ぜん面めんに押おし出だして宣せん伝でんした。

正しょう面めんN2sense 1
正面 is the direct, main-facing front (e.g. a building's entrance side), while 前面 more broadly covers the whole front area or surface.
表おもてN4sense 1
表 is the everyday word for the front/outer side of something, whereas 前面 is a more formal, spatial term often used in descriptions of structures or vehicles.

背はい面めん sense 1
背面 is the back or rear side of something, the direct opposite of the front side described by 前面.

全ぜん面めん sense 1
前面 (front part) and 全面 (whole surface/all-out) are perfect homophones with different kanji and meanings, so writers often mix them up.

Compound of 前 (front) and 面 (surface, face). The meaning follows directly from the kanji components.

The company advertised by pushing its new product to the forefront.