当面

See also: 當面

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 当面 – see 當面 (“to somebody's face; in somebody's presence; face to face”).
(This term is the simplified form of 當面).
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
当 面
とう
Grade: 2		 めん
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
當面 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adverb

当(とう)面(めん) • (tōmen) ←たうめん (taumen)?

  1. now, for the moment
    Synonym: 差し当たり (sashiatari)
    当面(とうめん)は先送(さきおく)りすると表(ひょう)明(めい)した。
    Tōmen wa sakiokuri suru to hyōmei shita.
    The government announced that it will be delayed for now.

Noun

当(とう)面(めん) • (tōmen) ←たうめん (taumen)?

  1. being urgent, pressing

Verb

当(とう)面(めん)する • (tōmen suru) suru (stem 当(とう)面(めん)し (tōmen shi), past 当(とう)面(めん)した (tōmen shita))

  1. confront, face a problem

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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