正面

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 正面, read しょうめん, means the front of a physical object or a direct, head-on orientation toward an issue.
• Basic usage: It locates an entrance at the front of a building or marks an attitude of confronting a problem directly.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A physical front and facing something directly
  • It has a spatial sense meaning the front of a building and a figurative sense of confronting a difficult problem directly instead of avoiding it.