正面 (しょうめん, shoumen) Japanese meaning: front

正面 (しょうめん, shoumen) Japanese meaning: front | Kotomora

Kanji

前ぜん面めん
前面 refers to the front surface or foreground of something in a general sense, while 正面 emphasizes the exact front or the side meant to be directly faced, like a building's facade.
表おもてN4
表 is the front or outer side in a broad, everyday sense (often paired with 裏 'back'), while 正面 specifically names the direct front or facade.
真ま正しょう面めん
正面 means the general front or facade of something, while 真正面 emphasizes being exactly, squarely in front with no angle at all.
真まっ向こう
正面 is the neutral word for 'the front' of something, while 真っ向 adds a nuance of direct, often confrontational, head-on facing.

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真ま向むかいN2
正面 refers to the front-facing side of something, while 真向かい specifically means directly across from a point or place.
真まん前まえN1
正面 is a more formal, spatial term for 'the front side' of something, whereas 真ん前 is a casual, emphatic way to say 'right in front'.
前ぜん方ぽうN1
正面 refers to the front face directly facing you, whereas 前方 emphasizes the direction or area ahead rather than a facing surface.

背はい面めん
背面 means the back side of something, the direct opposite of 正面 'the front side'.
横よこ顔がおN1
正面 is the view of a face seen from directly in front, the opposite of 横顔, which is the side view.
横よこ手て
正面 means the front of something, directly opposite the lateral position described by 横手.
側そく面めんN1
正面 means the front face of something, directly opposite the lateral 側面.

側そく面めんN1
側面 means the side of something, whereas 正面 means the front, so the two describe different faces of the same object.
まともN1
正面 read しょうめん means 'the front (of a place or building)', while the same kanji read まとも means 'directly/head-on' or 'decent, honest'.

Compound of 正 (しょう, 'correct, straight') and 面 (めん, 'face, surface'). The combination straightforwardly yields 'the straight-facing side'.