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顔向け [news2,nf45]
かおむけ [news2,nf45]
1. [n,vs]
《often 顔向け(が)できない》
▶ showing one's face in public
▶ facing another person

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2014-04-12 11:34:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<s_inf>often 顔向け(が)できない</s_inf>
2. A* 2014-04-12 11:04:13  Richard Warmington <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
"vs" example:
「かほはゆし」「かはゆし」は元来、「相手がまばゆいほどに(地位などで)優れていて、顔向けしにくい」という感覚で「気恥ずかしい」の意であり...
and of course, all the examples where 顔向け is followed by a potential form of する — such as できない.
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
1. A* 2014-04-12 11:00:25  Richard Warmington <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5 example:
世間に*顔向けができない (⇒公の場に出るのが恥ずかしい) 
I am ashamed to show myself in public.
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>face another</gloss>
+<gloss>showing one's face in public</gloss>
+<gloss>facing another person</gloss>

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