側面|そくめんsokumen[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounside; flank; profile; sidelight; lateral
    鳥類ちょうるいの発声はっせいにおいて真しんに驚異的きょういてきな点てんは、鳴管めいかんの2つの側面そくめんが独立どくりつして動うごくことができるということである。↗
    The truly remarkable feature of sound production by birds is that the two sides of the syrinx can act independently.
  2. nounaspect; dimension
    スポーツが人々ひとびとに訴うったえるのは、その健康的けんこうてき側面そくめんによるだけでなく、チーム競技きょうぎが養やしなう協調きょうちょう精神せいしん、それに競争きょうそう的てき側面そくめんそのものにもよるのである。↗
    It's not only the health aspects of sports that appeal to people, but the cooperative aspect that team sports teach, and the competitive aspect in itself.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymサイドNeutralA loanword for a side or one's side of something, as in 「サイドミラー」; it points to position, while 「側面」 can also mean an aspect of a matter.
  • Synonym横顔よこがおNeutralA face seen from the side; figuratively, a little-known side of a person, as in 「意外な横顔」. It applies to people, not to objects or issues.
  • Antonym正面しょうめんNeutralThe front of something, or the direction one faces squarely; the direct opposite of 「側面」.

Use 「側面」 for the side of an object, as in 「建物の側面」, or an aspect of a matter, as in 「意外な側面」. For a profile or a person's little-known side, say 「横顔」; 「正面」 is its opposite, the front.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 物体ぶったいの左右さゆうの面めん。即すなわち、物体ぶったいにおいて上下じょうげと前後ぜんごを除のぞく面めん。
  2. 図形ずけいにおいて、頂ちょう面めん・底面ていめん・正面しょうめん・背面はいめんのいずれにも該当がいとうしない面めん。
  3. 脇わきの方面ほうめん。
  4. 色々いろいろな性質せいしつ・特質とくしつのうちの一ひとつ。
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