しかめっ面
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 面 |
| つら Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 顰めっ面 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
しかめっ面 • (shikamettsura) ←しかめつつら (sikametutura)?
- grimace - a distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN