N2 — outside your level filter

反面はんめん

はんめんhanmenN2neutral

savor + on the other side of it — one thing, two opposite sides

ajiwau hanmen

on the other side of it — one thing, two opposite sides

meaning: on the other side of it — one thing, two opposite sides

Same meaning

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜反面はんめん
  • 味あじわう反面はんめん

この仕事しごとは自由じゆうな反面はんめん、収入しゅうにゅうが不安定ふあんていだ。

kono shigoto wa jiyuu na hanmen, shuunyuu ga fuantei da.

This job is free, but by the same token the income is unstable. neutral

あの子こ、人見知ひとみしりする反面はんめん、慣なれるとよくしゃべるんだよね。

ano ko, hitomishiri suru hanmen, nareru to yoku shaberu n da yo ne.

She's shy with strangers, but on the flip side she talks a lot once she warms up. casual

Same meaning19

but; even though

All examples3

on the other side of it — a merit against a demerit

  1. この仕事しごとは自由じゆうな反面はんめん、収入しゅうにゅうが不安定ふあんていだ。

    kono shigoto wa jiyuu na hanmen, shuunyuu ga fuantei da.

    This job is free, but by the same token the income is unstable. neutral

  2. あの子こ、人見知ひとみしりする反面はんめん、慣なれるとよくしゃべるんだよね。

    ano ko, hitomishiri suru hanmen, nareru to yoku shaberu n da yo ne.

    She's shy with strangers, but on the flip side she talks a lot once she warms up. casual

  3. 新あたらしい制度せいどは事務じむの負担ふたんを減へらす反面はんめん、現場げんばの裁量さいりょうを狭せばめるおそれがございます。

    atarashii seido wa jimu no futan o herasu hanmen, genba no sairyou o sebameru osore ga gozaimasu.

    The new system reduces the clerical burden, but on the other side of it there is a risk of narrowing the discretion of staff on the ground. formal

How it's formed3

All forms1

  • 半面はんめんhanmenalternant

    味あじわう半面はんめん

    the same word in the other kanji; 反面はんめん is the ordinary choice in print, 半面はんめん leans to "the other face of".

Notes

A noun joins with である (学生がくせいである反面はんめん). Both halves must
be about the same thing — two unrelated facts read as a non-sequitur under
反面はんめん.