Interview - Mensetu

Japanese: 面接 - めんせつ

〘noun〙① To meet face to face. Also, to call in applicants for exams at times such as when entering school or joining a company. "Interview test" *Kinseiki-Nin (1875-81) <Jono Arihito> First: "He came as a minor envoy carrying a letter of the emperor, and it was said that he wished to interview a high-ranking official of your country and hand it over directly to him." ② To interact face to face. *Tokyo Fuzoku-Shi (1899-1902) < Hiraide Kojiro> Second: "The front entrance must face a road at least eight ken wide, and there must be open space at least five ken wide on both sides and at the rear." ③ To be confronted with a certain situation. *Bungei to Jitsujin (Literature and Real Life) (1909) <Kaneko Chikusui> Third: "I am trying to interview the truth of real life directly, but isn't that what I am really trying to say?"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 直接に会うこと。また、入学・入社時などに受験者をよんで試問などをすること。「面接試験」※近世紀聞（1875‐81）〈条野有人〉初「微臣使節として敕書を携へ来れり依て貴国重官の人に面接(メンセツ)し直に相渡し申度とありければ」② 向き合って接すること。※東京風俗志（1899‐1902）〈平出鏗二郎〉下「前面出入口は幅八間以上の道路に面接し、両側及び後面に幅五間以上の空地を存するを要し」③ ある事態に直面すること。※文芸と実人生（1909）〈金子筑水〉三「直に活きた生活の真相に面接せんとするが、其の本来の主張ではないか」

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