Citations:切れ長

Japanese citations of 切れ長

slit eyes, almond-shaped eyes

• 1986, Masa Ōtake, Meikuappu o masutāsuru [Mastering makeup]‎^[1], page 63:

  目元(め)も日本的(ともにほんてき)な切(き)れ長(なが)の美(うつく)しさが見直(みなお)されました。

  Memoto mo Nihon-teki na kirenaga no utsukushisa ga minaosaremashita.

  Looking again, the bottom of the eye also has that beautiful Japanese kirenaga.

• 2009 September 23, “Kirenaga no me tte gutaiteki ni donna me desu ka? [Specifically what kind of eyes are ‘kirenaga eyes’?]”, in Yahoo! Chiebukuro‎^[2]:

  [Q]僕(ぼく)はよく切(き)れ長(なが)の目(め)をしていると言(い)われます。それって褒(ほ)め言葉(ことば)なのでしょうか？切(き)れ長(なが)という言葉(ことば)の印象(いんしょう)からするとあまりいいイメージではないと思(おも)うのですが […] [A]切(き)れ長(なが)と言(い)っても一重(ひとえ)、奥二重(おくぶたい)、二重(にじゅう)、目(め)の横幅(よこはば)と縦幅(たてはば)の長(なが)さ釣(つ)り目(め)、たれ目(め)や、眉(まゆ)やマツゲなどで印象(いんしょう)は色々違(いろいろちが)くなるけど基本的(きほんてき)なイメージとしては、鋭(するど)く涼(すず)しげでクールなイメージ。

  [Q] Boku wa yoku kirenaga no me o shiteiru to iwaremasu. Sore tte home kotoba nano deshōka? Kirenaga to iu kotoba no inshō kara suru to amari ii imēji de wa nai to omō no desu ga […] [A] Kirenaga to itte mo hitoe, okubutai, nijū, me no yokohaba to tatehaba no nagasa tsuri me, tare me ya, mayu ya matsuge nado de inshō wa iroiro chigakunaru kedo kihonteki na imēji to shite wa, surudoku suzushige de kūru na imēji.

  [Q] I am often told that I have kirenaga eyes. Is that a compliment? Based on the meaning of kirenaga I don't think that's a good image […] [A] Though it's called kirenaga it means from one fold, and at the back, a second fold, the width and the height of the eyes, the slant of they eye, the droop of the eye, and the eyebrows and lashes, altogether give an unusual impression; complicated but basically it's a sharp, cool image.

• 2017 December 25, “Dekame vs kirenaga-me [Large eyes vs. kirenaga eyes]”, in Watashi by Shiseido‎^[3]:

  そこで、ヘアメイクアップアーティストの福池千鶴(ふくいけちづる)さんに、パッチリ大(おお)きな「まんまるデカ目(め)」と、美人顔(びじんかお)には欠(か)かせない「切(き)れ長(なが)アイ」をつくり分(わ)ける方法(ほうほう)を教(おし)えてもらいました。プロならではのラインとシャドウの併(あわ)せワザは必見(ひっけん)ですよ。

  Soko de, hea meikuappu ātisuto no Fukuike Chizuru-san ni, patchiri ōki na “manmaru deka me” to, bijin kao ni wa kakasenai “kirenaga ai” o tsukuri wakeru hōhō o oshiete moraimashita. puro nara de wa no rain to shadō no awase waza wa hikken desu yo.

  So, we asked hair and makeup artist Fukuike Chizuru to teach us how to create large wide “round deka eyes”, and indispensable to a beautiful face “kirenaga eyes”. You have to see the techniques professionals use to match line and shadow.

duration of sharpness, (knife etc.) edge retention

• 2018 September 28 (last accessed), “Shin'noda hamono seisakusho-sei sashimibōchō [Sashimi knife made by Shinoda cutlery works]”, in Wireless Nankai‎^[4]:

  こうして作(つく)られた包丁(ほうちょう)は、よく切(き)れ長(なが)期間使用(きかんしよう)することが可能(かのう)です。

  Kō shite tsukurareta hōchō wa, yoku kirenaga kikan shiyō suru koto ga kanō desu.

  With a knife made in this way, it is possible to use it for a long time with good kirenaga.

• 2018 September 28 (last accessed), “Jūsan shū 440C santoku hōchō 17cm TH031”, in Amazon.co.jp‎^[5]:

  刃(は)は水(みず)砥(と)刃(は)付(つ)けを施(ほどこ)し、背(せ)中(なか)から刃(は)先(さき)にかけての目(め)通(どお)し(研(けん)磨(ま))は、通(つう)常(じょう)の5(ご)倍(ばい)の工(こう)程(てい)数(すう)を施(ほどこ)すことにより、鋭(するど)い切(き)れ味(あじ)、切(き)れ長(なが)で研(と)ぎやすくなっている

  ha wa mizuto hatsuke o hodokoshi, senaka kara hasaki ni kakete no medōshi (kenma) wa, tsūjō no gobai no kōtei sū o hodokosu koto ni yori, surudoi kireaji, kirenaga de togi yasukunatteiru

  applying the included whetstone to the cutting edge, gliding from the spine to the edge (polishing), five times as much as other knives, easily hone to achieve sharp cutting ability & kirenaga