"顔面" meaning in Japanese

See 顔面 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɡã̠mːẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 顔面 [canonical] (ruby: (がん), (めん)), ganmen [romanization]
Etymology: Probably from Middle Chinese compound 顏面 (MC ngaen mjienH). Compare modern Mandarin 顏面/颜面 (yánmiàn). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=かんめん'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|顏面}} 顏面 (MC ngaen mjienH), {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|顏面}} 顏面/颜面 (yánmiàn) Head templates: {{ja-noun|がんめん}} 顔(がん)面(めん) • (ganmen)
  1. a person's face
    Sense id: en-顔面-ja-noun-uX1eaJNe
  2. the surface of someone's face
    Sense id: en-顔面-ja-noun-PQZ1jrUv
  3. (archaic) flattery, sycophancy Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-顔面-ja-noun-zBW~2ACZ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 3 67 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 7 68 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 6 72 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 11 11 50 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 4 4 87 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 4 4 87 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 6 68 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 6 74 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 6 71 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 84 9
  4. (archaic) a flatterer, a sycophant Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-顔面-ja-noun-jD26n3Iv Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 顔面角 (ganmenkaku) (ruby: (がん), (めん), (かく)) (english: the angle of the tip of the chin), 顔面騎乗: facesitting (ganmen kijō) (ruby: (がん), (めん), (), (じょう)), 顔面筋 (ganmenkin) (ruby: (がん), (めん), (きん)) (english: a facial muscle), 顔面神経 (ganmen shinkei) (ruby: (がん), (めん), (しん), (けい)) (english: a facial nerve), 顔面神経痛 (ganmen shinkeitsū) (ruby: (がん), (めん), (しん), (けい), (つう)) (english: facial neuralgia), 顔面神経麻痺 (ganmen shinkei mahi) (ruby: (がん), (めん), (しん), (けい), (), ()) (english: facial palsy, facial paralysis), 顔面蒼白 (ganmen sōhaku) (ruby: (がん), (めん), (そう), (はく)) (english: pallor, pallidness, going white in the face)
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      "english": "the angle of the tip of the chin",
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          "顔",
          "がん"
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        [
          "面",
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          "面",
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          "乗",
          "じょう"
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          "面",
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          "乗",
          "じょう"
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