表 (Omote) is a Japanese noun meaning “surface, face (i.e. the visible side of an object), front (of a building, etc.), obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin”.
Meanings
- nounsurface
- nounface (i.e. the visible side of an object)
- nounfront (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin
- nounoutside; exterior
- nounappearance
- nounpublic
Examples
表に出ようか。
Shall we take this outside?
内面の欠点は必ず表に現れる。
An inner defect never fails to express itself outwardly.
ものにはたいてい表と裏がある。
With most things there's both what you see and what's behind it.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).