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外面がいめん

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がいめん
がいめん
Meaning
    1. ①
      outer surface; outside; exterior
    2. ②
      outward appearance
      内面ないめんの欠点けってんはきっと外面そとづらに現あらわれるものだ。
      The inside defects never fail to express themselves outwardly.
    3. ③
      manner (with others); demeanour; (outward) bearing
      Only applies to そとづら
Kanji
外 ガイ outside 面 メン mask, face, features
Forms
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外面如菩薩内心如夜叉げめんにょぼさつないしんにょやしゃ

Meaning
    1. Buddhism
      looking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside
      orig. in ref. to women distracting men from their ascetic pratices
      See also: 外面似菩薩内心如夜叉 (げめんじぼさつないしんにょやしゃ)
Kanji
外 ガイ outside 面 メン mask, face, features 如 ジョ likeness, like, such as 菩 ボ kind of grass, sacred tree 薩 サツ salvation, Buddha 内 ナイ inside, within, between 心 シン heart, mind, spirit 如 ジョ likeness, like, such as 夜 ヤ night, evening 叉 サ fork in road, crotch
Forms
7)

外面似菩薩内心如夜叉げめんじぼさつないしんにょやしゃ

Meaning
    1. Buddhism
      looking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside
      orig. in ref. to women distracting men from their ascetic pratices
      See also: 外面如菩薩内心如夜叉 (げめんにょぼさつないしんにょやしゃ)
Kanji
外 ガイ outside 面 メン mask, face, features 似 ジ becoming, resemble, counterfeit 菩 ボ kind of grass, sacred tree 薩 サツ salvation, Buddha 内 ナイ inside, within, between 心 シン heart, mind, spirit 如 ジョ likeness, like, such as 夜 ヤ night, evening 叉 サ fork in road, crotch
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