前面|ぜんめんzenmen[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounfront part; frontage; facade
   車くるまの前面ぜんめんガラスは砕くだけて粉々こなごなになった。↗

   The front windshield of a car was smashed to pieces.
2. nouninitial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

• Synonym前部ぜんぶNeutralThe front section of an object, as in 「前部座席」 for a car. 「前面」 is the front face or area, and figuratively means putting something in a prominent place.
• SynonymフロントNeutralA loanword for the front or the reception desk, as at a hotel. 「前面」 is the front face of an object.
• Synonym正面しょうめんNeutralThe front an object faces, or the direction straight ahead, as in 「正面玄関」. 「前面」 stresses the front face or area.
• Synonym表おもてNeutralThe outside or surface of something, also the front or outdoors. 「前面」 is the front face or the area in front.
• SynonymファサードWrittenAn architectural term for a building's front facade; 「前面」 is the ordinary, everyday word.
• Synonym表側おもてがわNeutralThe side facing outward, or the street-facing side of a building. 「前面」 means the front.
• Related向こう正面むこうじょうめんNeutralA sumo and theater term: in sumo, the seating on the south side, across the ring from 「正面」; in a theater, the seats facing the stage. Specialized, unlike general 「前面」.
• Antonym背面はいめんNeutralThe back side of something, the direct opposite of 「前面」.
• Antonym裏面うらめんNeutralThe back or reverse side, also the hidden side of a matter; the opposite of the front that 「前面」 refers to.
• Antonym後面こうめんWrittenWritten/formal for the rear side, the opposite of 「前面」; in everyday speech use 「背面」 or 「後ろ」.

Use 「前面」 for the front face or area of something, as in 「前面に出す」. For a building's or object's front use 「正面」, for its front section 「前部」, and for a hotel front desk 「フロント」. For the back, use 「背面」 or 「裏面」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 立体りったい物ぶつにおいて、前方ぜんぽうにある面めん。
2. ある基準きじゅんから見みて、前まえのほうに広ひろがる領域りょういき。