見みかけ上じょう

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

apparent; seeming; outward

Describes how something looks on the surface, often implying it may not be the true state. Used as a no-adjective before nouns.

• 見みかけ上じょうの問もん題だいは解かい決けつしたが、根こん本ぽん的てきな原げん因いんは残のこっている。

  The apparent problem was solved, but the root cause remains.

• この機き械かいは見みかけ上じょうは簡かん単たんそうだが、内ない部ぶは複ふく雑ざつだ。

  This machine looks simple on the surface, but its inside is complex.