Front or Outside

by Nao

omote, hyō, hyō-suru

Omote is a part of something and you can see it, or a part of something and people can see it.

A coin has a head and a tail. The head is omote and the tail is ura. The front that is one side of something thin is omote. The back that is the other side of it is ura.

Omote sometimes means outside, which is the place people see. “Omote ni deyō” means let’s go out. The verb omotedatsu means that people come to know something that has been secret.

Hyō is a table, which is a set of figures and information put in columns and rows.

1. Draw the top horizontal line from the left to the right.
2. Draw the vertical line from the top.
3. Draw the second horizontal stroke.
4. Draw the third horizontal stroke.
5. Draw the sweeping stroke from near the center of the previous stroke.
6. Draw the vertical stroke from the middle of the previous stroke. After shifting to the left a little, draw the upward stroke.
7. Draw the sweeping stroke from below the end of the longest horizontal line.
8. Draw the longest sweeping stroke. Spread the brush gradually.