めん
面
もく
目
やく
躍
じょ
如

'taru' adjective, adverb taking the と particle

Messages.yoji.
  1. demonstrative of one's worth, worthy of one's reputation, living up to one's name, characteristically masterful.
  2. bolstering one's reputation, enhancing one's prestige, winning one honor, doing one credit.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
めん
面
もく
目
やく
躍
じょ
如
 面目躍如 めんもくやくじょ
めん
面
ぼく
目
やく
躍
じょ
如
 面目躍如 めんぼくやくじょ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mask, face, features
メン　おも　つら (3rd, N3)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
leap, dance, skip
ヤク　おど.る　おどり (7th, N1)
leg, foot, be sufficient
あし　た.りる　ソク (1st, N4)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
surname, kind of pheasant
ケキ　ジャク　タク
feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
はね　は　ば (2nd, N2)
learn(習) variant
hooked enclosure
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ　こおり (Kentei 1)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ　スイ　とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
likeness, like, such as
ごと.し　ジョ　ニョ (8th, N1)
woman, female
ジョ　おんな　め (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)