Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb

    to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

    ウォルターはジョンのひどい侮辱に面食らった。
    Walter was taken aback by John's cruel insult.

Also written 面喰らう【めんくらう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mask, face, features, surface

Kun
おもおもてつら
On
メンベン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
186 of 2500
Radical
face
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

ずらほおつき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-7, 3-5-4SKIP code
3s6.1The Kanji Dictionary
1060.0Four corner code
3176deroo
9762Unicode hex code
1-44-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5087Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6566New Nelson (John Haig)
2087New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2590Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1324Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1796Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1892Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2039Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
165A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
904Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
321Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42618Morohashi
395A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
274Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
274Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
322sakade
1002Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
417henshall3
347Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
117crowley
438Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.16busy_people
1876Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1910Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mian4Pinyin reading
myeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eat, food

Kun
く.うく.らうた.べるは.む
On
ショクジキ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
328 of 2500
Radical
eat
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

ぐい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-7SKIP code
8b0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8073.2Four corner code
2865deroo
98dfUnicode hex code
1-31-09JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5154Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6674New Nelson (John Haig)
2075New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2578Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1316Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1787Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1472Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1582Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
269A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1159Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
283Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44014Morohashi
146A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
322Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
322Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253sakade
99Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
163henshall3
180Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
207crowley
131Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1900Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1484Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi2, si4Pinyin reading
sig, saKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level