surface

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsɜːfɪs/

Noun

figuratively

The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid. / The outside hull of a tangible object. / (figuratively) Outward or external appearance.

Japanese Meaning

平らな物体の外側、すなわち「表面」 / 対象物の外側、外皮、すなわち「外側」や「ハル」 / （比喩的に）外見や見た目、すなわち「外観」

What is this buttons?

The surface of the table was covered in coffee stains.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

テーブルの表面はコーヒーのシミで覆われていた。

Details

Sense（1）

The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（2）

The outside hull of a tangible object.

Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation