フロントfuronto

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounfront (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.)
    フロントローラーのスラスト角かくは2度ど、多分たぶんレース時じにはもう少すこし角度かくどを強つよめる予定よていです。↗
    The front-roller thrust angle is 2 degrees, probably there were plans to strengthen that angle a little when racing.
  2. nounreception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk
    貴重品きちょうひんはフロントにお預あずけください。↗
    Please check your valuables at the front desk.
  3. noun, sportsfront office; team management
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym前面ぜんめんNeutralThe forward-facing side or the area ahead, and figuratively bringing something to the fore, as in 「前面に出す」; mainly positional, while 「フロント」 also means a hotel front desk.
  • Synonym前部ぜんぶNeutralThe front section of an object, as in 「車両の前部」; purely positional, while 「フロント」 also means the front desk or the front line.
  • Synonym正面しょうめんNeutralThe face directed forward, as in 「建物の正面」, or facing straight on; never used for a hotel front desk.
  • Synonym表側おもてがわNeutralThe outward or street-facing side, as in 「建物の表側」, the opposite of 「裏側」; not used for a front desk.
  • Related表おもてNeutralThe surface or outside, or outdoors, as in 「表に出る」, also the heads side of a coin; stresses outwardness rather than frontness.
  • RelatedファサードWrittenFormal loanword for a building's facade, a term of art in architecture; 「フロント」 is far broader in use.
  • AntonymバックNeutralLoanword for the back or background, also backing or support; the opposite of 「フロント」 in the front-back sense.
  • AntonymリアNeutralLoanword mostly for the rear of a vehicle, as in 「リアシート」, set against 「フロントシート」 and the like.

Use 「フロント」 for a hotel front desk or the front, as in 「ホテルのフロント」「フロントガラス」. For position, 「正面」 and 「前面」 fit; 「ファサード」 is architectural; the opposites are 「リア」 and 「バック」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 正面しょうめん、前面ぜんめん、前線ぜんせん。
  2. ホテルの帳場ちょうば、受付うけつけをする人ひと。
  3. プロ野球やきゅうの球団きゅうだん首脳しゅのう陣じん。
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