仮面|かめんkamen[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmask
   彼かれは正体しょうたいを見破みやぶられないように仮面かめんをつけていた。↗

   He wore a mask so that no one could recognize him.
2. noundisguise; guise; mask

• SynonymマスクNeutralLoanword for a mask worn over the nose and mouth, mainly against germs or dust; 「仮面」 is a face-shaped mask for disguise, used figuratively for a false persona.
• Synonym覆面ふくめんNeutralCovering the face with cloth or the like, or by extension being anonymous, as in 「覆面パトカー」; 「仮面」 is a mask made in the shape of a face.
• Related見せ掛けみせかけNeutralA deliberately put-on appearance, a false show; 「仮面」 figuratively denotes the disguise that hides one's true nature.
• RelatedうわべWrittenWritten/formal prose for surface or outward appearance; 「仮面」 stresses the deliberate concealment of one's true self.
• Related矯飾きょうしょくFormalFormal and rare, for affectation or glossing things over; 「仮面」 is more vivid.
• Antonym素顔すがおNeutralAn unpainted face or one's natural, unadorned self; the opposite of the disguise implied by 「仮面」.
• Antonym正体しょうたいNeutralThe hidden true identity or real nature, as in 「正体がばれる」; the opposite of the disguise implied by 「仮面」.

Use 「仮面」 for a mask or a figurative disguise, as in 「仮面をかぶる」. For a germ or dust mask use 「マスク」, for a covered or anonymous face 「覆面」, and for a false outward show 「見せ掛け」. The opposites are 「素顔」 and 「正体」.

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1. 人ひとや動物どうぶつなど様々さまざまな顔かおの形かたちに作つくり、顔かおに付つけるもの。被り物かぶりもの。マスク。
2. 本性ほんしょうを隠かくすためのいつわりの態度たいどや人格じんかく。