Meaning

Primary

Face Of A Person

Alternatives

Person's Face, Face

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

The face of a face is a face, but more specifically the face of a person. Probably because the most face-like thing you can ever have is a human's face... at least in our eyes (by "our" I mean the human race's eyes, because I am totally with you guys on that one).

Reading

がんめん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading for isn't the one you learned with the kanji. But, we're going to learn that reading right now.

The worst thing that can happen to a face is if a face disappears. If it becomes totally gone (がん). A man that is walking up to you with no face, is a man with a gone face. Those men are men who are a part of the gone men (がんめん). Faces, totally gone!

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 顔面にできる

    to develop on one's face, can make into a face

    顔面に当たる

    something touches one's face, something strikes one's face

    顔面にある

    to be on one's face

Context Sentences

彼はアスファルトに顔面を強打した。

He hit his face hard on the asphalt.

体育の時間、顔面に思いっきりバスケットボールが当たったんです。

During gym class, I got hit square in the face with a basketball.

どうやら顔面に少しマヒが出ているようですね。

It appears that there's a slight paralysis in your facial area.

Kanji Composition