面目
N1めんぼく menboku
- face
- honour
- reputation
- prestige
- dignity
- credit
noun
Chinese meanings
面子;名誉
Examples
- ケンはその試験に合格して面目を保った。Ken saved his face by passing the examination.肯通过考试保住了面子。
- なんとも面目ありません。I have no excuse.实在惭愧。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('1dd4a1423d'); // 面目
{
"id": "1dd4a1423d",
"word": "面目",
"reading": "めんぼく",
"romaji": "menboku",
"meanings": [
"face",
"honour",
"reputation",
"prestige",
"dignity",
"credit"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1533590,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ケンはその試験に合格して面目を保った。",
"en": "Ken saved his face by passing the examination.",
"tatoeba_id": 225165
},
{
"ja": "なんとも面目ありません。",
"en": "I have no excuse.",
"tatoeba_id": 198831
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "80349c6c5c17907f4bf47d385cada86a342107166a9b70e4f44d2d3ae19abbec",
"meanings": [
"面子",
"名誉"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ケンはその試験に合格して面目を保った。",
"zh": "肯通过考试保住了面子。"
},
{
"ja": "なんとも面目ありません。",
"zh": "实在惭愧。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/1dd4a1423d",
"JMdict ent_seq 1533590; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "b38f7b4ba853789f724a6bea337462feff7abd8092bbac9e67ee7fde865b34ee"
}
}