建前・建て前・立前・立て前|たてまえtatemae[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounface; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts)
   少数しょうすう民族みんぞくの雇用こよう促進そくしん政策せいさくとはいっても、建前たてまえにすぎず、現状げんじょうはマイノリティーが職しょくに就つけるチャンスなどほとんどない。↗

   Although many pay lip service to the idea of affirmative action, in reality, very few minorities get hired.
2. nounceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

• Synonymたて前NeutralA kana-kanji mixed spelling of 「建前」 with identical meaning and usage; the two are interchangeable, though the kanji form 「建前」 is more common in everyday writing.
• Antonym本音ほんねNeutralWhat one really thinks or means, as opposed to the public line of 「建前」; the two are often paired as 「本音と建前」. Common in everyday use.
• Antonym本心ほんしんWrittenTrue feelings or real intentions, also one's conscience or sanity; leans toward written/formal prose. In the sense of what one really thinks, it stands opposite to 「建前」.

Use 「建前」 for the public stance or for-show talk one presents to others, as in 「建前上は」; it also names the ridgepole-raising ceremony. For what one really thinks, use 「本音」 or 「本心」, which stand in contrast to it.

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1. 大道だいどう商人しょうにんなどの口上こうじょうや売り声うりごえ。
2. 表向おもてむきの原則げんそくや方針ほうしん、意見いけん、理由りゆう。社会しゃかい規範きはんや相手あいての意向いこうに迎合げいごうするようなものが多おおい。
3. 棟上むねあげ。上棟式じょうとうしき。