フロントfuronto
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- nounfront (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.)
- nounreception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk
- noun, sportsfront office; team management
- 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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