Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひょう
Grade: 3
じょう
Grade: 5
きん
Grade: 6
goon kan’on
 
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Etymology edit

From 表情(ひょうじょう) (hyōjō) + (きん) (kin).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ひょーじょーきん [hyòójóꜜòkìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ço̞ːʑo̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun edit

(ひょう)(じょう)(きん) (hyōjōkinへうじやうきん (feuzyaukin)?

  1. (anatomy) a mimetic muscle
  2. (by extension, colloquial) ability to emote

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN