対面

See also: 對面 and 对面

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 3
めん
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
對面 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese compound 對面 (MC twojH mjienH).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いめん [tàíméń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠imẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(たい)(めん) • (taimen

  1. an interview, meeting
    Synonym: 面会 (menkai)
  2. a confrontation
  3. being face-to-face
    Antonym: リモート (rimōto)
Derived terms
  • 対面(たいめん)交通(こうつう) (taimen kōtsū)
  • 対面(たいめん)三重(さんじゅう) (Taimen Sanjū)
  • 対面(たいめん)販売(はんばい) (taimen hanbai)
  • (しょ)対面(たいめん) (shotaimen)
  • 曽我(そが)対面(たいめん) (Soga no Taimen)
  • ()対面(だいめん) (nadaimen)

Verb

(たい)(めん)する • (taimen surusuru (stem (たい)(めん) (taimen shi), past (たい)(めん)した (taimen shita))

  1. to interview, meet (face-to-face)
    Synonym: 面会する (menkai suru)
  2. to confront, face each other
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 3
めん > め
Grade: 3
irregular
Alternative spelling
對面 (kyūjitai)

Variation of taimen above, attested in Utsubo Monogatari (c. late-10th century).

Noun

(たい)() • (taime

  1. alternative form of 対面 (taimen)

Verb

(たい)()する • (taime surusuru (stem (たい)() (taime shi), past (たい)()した (taime shita))

  1. alternative form of 対面 (taimen)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
とい
Grade: 3
めん
Grade: 3
irregular
Alternative spelling
對面 (kyūjitai)

From Mandarin 對面对面 (duìmiàn).

Pronunciation

Noun

対面(トイメン) • (toimen

  1. (mahjong) the player across
  2. (colloquial) the opposite side, person directly opposite
Coordinate terms
See also
  • ()(かぜ) (jikaze)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN