面目 (めんぼく): face, honor, reputation — Japanese vocabulary
面目 is read めんぼく and means "face, honor, reputation". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
面目
- Reading
- めんぼく · memboku
- Translation
- face, honor, reputation
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- めんぼくが
Example
ケンはその試験に合格して面目を保った。
ケンはそのしけんにごうかくしてめんぼくをたもった。
Ken saved his face by passing the examination.
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