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面目躍如
【めんもくやくじょ；めんぼくやくじょ】

1.	[adj-t,adv-to] [yoji] ▶ demonstrative of one's worth ▶ worthy of one's reputation ▶ living up to one's name ▶ characteristically masterful
2.	[adj-t,adv-to] [yoji] ▶ bolstering one's reputation ▶ enhancing one's prestige ▶ winning one honour ▶ doing one credit

History:

13.	A 2020-04-21 04:04:28 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Looks good.
12.	A* 2020-04-20 15:18:11 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, 中辞典 Wisdom: 彼は面目躍如たる講演をした He gave a lecture that won him honor [did him credit]. daijs: その人本来の姿が生き生きと現れているさま。「ベテランの面目躍如たる演技」 daijr: いかにもその人の名誉を高めるさまである。「チャンピオンの―たる勝ちっぷり」 koj: 大いに面目をほどこすこと。いかにもその人らしい特徴が表れ、世間の評価が高まるさま。新明解四字熟語辞典: 世間の評価に値する活躍をしていて、生き生きとしているさま。また、名声・世間体などがよりよくなるさま。
	Comments:	Having a stab at this. I think this is clearer as two senses.
	Diff:	@@ -17,3 +17,10 @@ -<s_inf>usu. ...の〜</s_inf> -<gloss>masterful</gloss> -<gloss>sure to improve one's reputation</gloss> +<gloss>demonstrative of one's worth</gloss> +<gloss>worthy of one's reputation</gloss> +<gloss>living up to one's name</gloss> +<gloss>characteristically masterful</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adj-t;</pos> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> +<misc>&yoji;</misc> +<gloss>bolstering one's reputation</gloss> @@ -20,0 +28,2 @@ +<gloss>winning one honour</gloss> +<gloss>doing one credit</gloss>
11.	A* 2020-04-15 06:29:55 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Reopen.
10.	A 2020-04-15 06:29:15 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Daijr, GG5, etc. 面目躍如 70115 の面目躍如 54992
	Comments:	This one is a horror. Like many 四字熟語 its meaning is a bit opaque, and being a たる adjective doesn't help. I've added another gloss, and I've suggested a tweaked translation of that Tanaka sentence.
	Diff:	@@ -16,0 +17 @@ +<s_inf>usu. ...の〜</s_inf> @@ -18,0 +20 @@ +<gloss>enhancing one's prestige</gloss>
9.	A* 2020-04-09 04:27:33 Nicolas Maia
	Comments:	Specifically, this Tanaka sentence: また、お説教が始まった。一言居士の面目躍如というところだね。
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8.	A* 2020-04-09 03:32:53 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Did you encounter this word in any particular context? (it'd be helpful to know why exactly you thought the entry was unclear - looking at the definition outside of any context, I don't really see the issue)
7.	A* 2020-04-09 03:18:35 Nicolas Maia
	Comments:	Can we improve the wording for this entry? Until I saw the previous comments in this thread I had no idea what the glosses were trying to say.
6.	A 2019-12-05 20:19:09 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5.	A* 2019-12-05 12:38:22 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	koj: めんぼくやくじょ gg5 めんもくやくじょ【面目躍如】 (menmokuyakujo) 挑戦者をあっさり下して, チャンピオンの面目躍如たるところを見せつけた.　He beat the challenger hands down and showed what a champion he was. ·大作曲家の面目躍如たる大作　a tour de force that shows what a masterful composer he is. daijr いかにもその人の名誉を高めるさまである。「チャンピオンの－たる勝ちっぷり」
	Comments:	seems relatively clear to me, esp. the 2nd gloss. they're just needlessly wordy. i also wouldn't say that our glosses are any less informative than gg5's examples. the person on that page admits that english is not his/her first language, so...
	Diff:	@@ -9,0 +10,3 @@ +<r_ele> +<reb>めんぼくやくじょ</reb> +</r_ele> @@ -11 +13,0 @@ -<pos>&adj-no;</pos> @@ -15,2 +17,2 @@ -<gloss>with evident joy of having lived up to one's reputation</gloss> -<gloss>having an effect of bolstering one's reputation</gloss> +<gloss>masterful</gloss> +<gloss>sure to improve one's reputation</gloss>
4.	A* 2019-12-05 06:06:13
	Refs:	https://www.animecards.site/ "Other reasons might be the removedness from any real Japanese of this card format, the sheer amount of wrong definitions in JMdict, usage cases or nuances not covered by definitions and there being no way of dealing with unclear or vague definitions. I leave it up to you to figure out what something like 面目躍如 might mean from the English definition."
	Comments:	I think I tend to agree with that site that the definition isn't exactly crystal clear
3.	A 2014-12-21 05:16:39 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -9 +8,0 @@ -<re_inf>&uK;</re_inf>
2.	A 2014-08-25 02:56:35 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Kanji Haitani list
	Comments:	Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag -- via bulkupd.py --
	Diff:	@@ -14,0 +15 @@ +<misc>&yoji;</misc>
1.	A 2005-03-05 00:00:00
	Comments:	Entry created

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