verb🔗Share直面する, 向いているTo face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction."The house is fronting the park, offering a beautiful view. "その家は公園に面しており、美しい眺めを提供しています。directionpositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share直面する, 面するTo face, be opposite to."The classroom building fronts the playground. "教室の建物は遊び場に面しています。positiondirectionplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share立ち向かう, 対峙するTo face up to, to meet head-on, to confront."Example: "Instead of avoiding the problem, she decided she needed to start fronting it and find a solution." "問題を避ける代わりに、彼女はそれに立ち向かい、解決策を見つける必要があると決めた。actionattitudecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share前面を飾る, 前面に出すTo adorn the front of; to put on the front."She was fronting her scrapbook with colorful stickers. "彼女はスクラップブックの前面をカラフルなステッカーで飾っていました。appearancestyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share舌を前方の位置にして発音するTo pronounce with the tongue in a front position."The speech therapist explained that the child was fronting his /k/ sounds, making them sound like /t/ sounds. "言語療法士は、その子供が舌を前方の位置にして/k/の音を発音しており、それが/t/の音のように聞こえるようにしていると説明しました。phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share文頭に置くTo move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence."Instead of saying "He ate the apple," we can emphasize the apple by fronting it: "The apple, he ate." "「彼はリンゴを食べた」と言う代わりに、「リンゴを、彼は食べた」のように文頭に置くことでリンゴを強調できます。linguisticsgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share表に出る, 隠すTo act as a front (for); to cover (for)."He was fronting for his friend, claiming he was sick when he was actually at the beach. "彼は実際にはビーチにいたのに、病気だと主張して友人を隠蔽していた。actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share主導する, 代表するTo lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).""She is fronting the school's campaign to raise money for new computers." "彼女は新しいコンピューターのために資金を集める学校のキャンペーンを主導しています。politicsmediaorganizationbusinesscommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share前払いする, 資金を前もって提供するTo provide money or financial assistance in advance to."The company is fronting the employees' travel expenses for the conference. "会社は会議のために従業員の旅費を前払いしています。businessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share装う, 偽るTo assume false or disingenuous appearances."He was fronting when he said he knew how to fix the car; he clearly had no idea what he was doing. "彼は車の修理方法を知っていると言ったとき、装っていた。彼は明らかに自分が何をしているのか全く分かっていなかった。appearancecharacteractionsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share装う, 見せかけるTo deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on)."He's just fronting about being rich; he still lives with his parents and drives an old car. "彼は金持ちであるふりをしているだけです。まだ両親と同居していて、古い車に乗っています。appearancecharacteractionattitudecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share前に現れる, 直面するTo appear before."to front court"法廷に現れる。languagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share前方化A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point."The linguist explained that fronting of the /u/ sound in words like "blue" is common in some dialects, where it's pronounced closer to the front of the mouth. "言語学者は、「blue」のような単語における/u/音の前方化は、一部の方言で一般的であり、口の前方で発音されると説明した。phoneticslinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share母音前舌化A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.""The student's phonetics paper on vowel alternations included an example of fronting in a particular dialect, where the /u/ sound in 'boot' sometimes becomes closer to an /i/ sound depending on surrounding words." "学生の音韻論に関する論文は、特定の方言における母音前舌化の例を含んでおり、「boot」の/u/の音が周囲の単語によって/i/の音に近くなることがある。phoneticslinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share母音前舌化An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.""The linguistics professor discussed vowel fronting in some regional dialects, explaining how the /u/ sound, as in 'goose,' is pronounced further forward in the mouth compared to standard English." "言語学の教授は、いくつかの地域の方言における母音前舌化について議論し、「goose」の/u/の音が、標準英語と比較して口の中でどのように前方に発音されるかを説明しました。languagelinguisticsphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share文頭への移動The movement of a word of phrase to nearer the beginning of a sentence or clause than it would usually appear, often for emphasis. May also occur as part of the standard syntax of particular constructions (e.g. wh-fronting)."The teacher explained that fronting like "This I know" instead of "I know this" is used for emphasis in writing. "先生は、「私はこれを知っている」の代わりに「これを知っている」のような文頭への移動が、文章で強調するために使われると説明しました。languagelinguisticsgrammarwordstructurewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share見せかけ、虚飾An act of putting on a false façade to impress people."His constant boasting about his non-existent wealth was clearly just fronting to impress the new girl at school. "彼の存在しない富について絶えず自慢するのは、学校の新しい女の子を印象づけるための見せかけにすぎなかった。appearancecharacterattitudeactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading