noun:

• food cooked on a grill in front of customers - Food term

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw ➜ 目と鼻の先【めとはなのさき】

noun / ~する noun:

• slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic) - slang
• banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour) - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• committing suicide by throwing oneself in front of an onrushing train

noun:

• chanting sutras in front of a shoryodana (of a monk during the Bon Festival) ➜ 精霊棚【しょうりょうだな】

expression / noun:

• before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose
• immediate; imminent; around the corner

noun:

• before the gate; in front of the gate

noun / ~の noun:

• right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face ➜ 真向かい

noun:

• Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage - Buddhism term ➜ 転輪王・法輪

noun / ~の noun:

• backlighting; having a light source in front of the camera lens in photography - abbreviation ➜ 逆光線

noun / ~の noun:

• right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face

noun:

• (a house) looking deserted with few visitors; sparrow net in front of the gate [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gate [literal] - idiom ➜ 門前雀羅【もんぜんじゃくら】

adjectival noun / noun:

• earnest; singlehanded; face to face; straight ahead; just in front of

noun:

• tragus (small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear); tragi; antilobium

expression:

• excuse me (when passing in front of somebody) - polite language

noun:

• closest pine-tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

noun:

• middle pine tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

noun:

• furthest pine tree from a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

noun:

• flat ground
• seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki) ➜ 平土間【ひらどま】
• multi-brand display area (in a shop)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to show; to display; to flash
• to dangle (an offer) in front of; to hold out; to indirectly hint at; to intimate; to obliquely suggest; to allude to; to imply
• to send flurries (of snow, etc.)

noun / suffix noun:

• just before; on the verge of; on the brink of
• just in front of; just ahead of

noun:

• decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
• style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls - orig. meaning

noun:

• suggestion box; comment box
• complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period) - archaism