Toumen

当面 (Toumen) is a Japanese adjectival noun meaning “current, urgent, pressing, impending”.

Meanings

  1. adjectival noun, noun, adverbcurrent; urgent; pressing; impending
  2. suru verb, intransitive verbto confront (an issue); to face (up to something)
  3. adverb, adjectival nounfor the meantime; at present

Examples

  • The biggest problem of the hour is unemployment.

  • Your question is not relevant to the subject.

  • This might not have anything to do with the problem at hand.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 当面

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