surface

On-Yomi: ヒョウ — Kun-Yomi: おもて、-おもて、あらわ.す、あらわ.れる、あら.わす

Koohii stories:

1) [ergerg] 17-7-2006(239): When I was GROWING UP, the SURFACE of my SCARF was always covered with snot from blowing my nose on it.

2) [Green_Airplane] 6-8-2008(97): As girls grow up, something slowly surfaces from under their scarf.

3) [synewave] 25-9-2006(46): Alice got back to the surface by climbing up the rabbit hole on an extremely long scarf.

4) [rhclaghorn] 12-4-2008(32): Imagine a scarf growing up until it covers the entire SURFACE of the world.

5) [fergal] 28-6-2009(23): It seems to mean "outer layer". Some animals shed their surface as they grow up. If it doesn't shed fully they end up wearing it like a scarf!