外観
N1がいかん gaikan
- appearance
- exterior
- facade
noun
Chinese meanings
外观;外表
Examples
- 問題は、その本質よりもむしろ外観である。The question is not so much what it is as how it looks.问题在于外表,而不是本质。
- 外観はあてにならない。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"
}
}