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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

外がい観かん

N1
がいかん gaikan
  1. appearance
  2. exterior
  3. facade
noun

Chinese meanings

外观;外表

Examples

  • 問もん題だいは、その本ほん質しつよりもむしろ外がい観かんである。
    The question is not so much what it is as how it looks.
    问题在于外表,而不是本质。
  • 外がい観かんはあてにならない。
    Appearance is deceptive.
    外表不可靠。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ade644e17c'); // 外観
{
  "id": "ade644e17c",
  "word": "外観",
  "reading": "がいかん",
  "romaji": "gaikan",
  "meanings": [
    "appearance",
    "exterior",
    "facade"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1203460,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "問題は、その本質よりもむしろ外観である。",
      "furigana": "{問題|もんだい}は、その{本質|ほんしつ}よりもむしろ{外観|がいかん}である。",
      "en": "The question is not so much what it is as how it looks.",
      "tatoeba_id": 79856
    },
    {
      "ja": "外観はあてにならない。",
      "furigana": "{外観|がいかん}はあてにならない。",
      "en": "Appearance is deceptive.",
      "tatoeba_id": 184850
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "8a1edbc510c62ab737d48576ea27caff68f1ab92188d5caab8eb397d51d59658",
    "meanings": [
      "外观",
      "外表"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "問題は、その本質よりもむしろ外観である。",
        "zh": "问题在于外表,而不是本质。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "外観はあてにならない。",
        "zh": "外表不可靠。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/ade644e17c",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1203460; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "faa52e5ef8484eb99f15aeb8c84f9991a3d471016558876c49ab05e449178c60",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}