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表面上

ひょうめんじょう

Readings

ひょうめんじょう

Meanings

  1. 1.
    adv, adj-noon the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

Kanji breakdown

N48 strokesGrade 3
N49 strokesGrade 3
N23 strokesGrade 1

Example sentences

表面上、本書の大部分は一連の事例の変遷を記録したものである。

On the surface the book consists mostly of a series of case histories.

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表面上ひょうめんじょう

on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

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