ahegao

English

an ahegao

Etymology

From Japanese アヘ顔(がお) (ahegao), from アヘアヘ (aheahe, “panting”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈheɪɡaʊ/, /ˈɑːheɪɡaʊ/
• Rhymes: -eɪɡaʊ

Noun

ahegao (countable and uncountable, plural ahegao or ahegaos)

2. (chiefly Japanese fiction) An exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm.
   • 2017, Takashi Kajii, My Little Sister Can Read Kanji: Volume 3, unnumbered page:

     "The ahegao you draw is the best ever, ■■-sensei!."

   • 2017, Carolina Lindström, "'The power of characterization': A comparative analysis of the transformative works created by the English-language and Japanese-language fandoms of BBC Sherlock", thesis submitted to Stockholm University, page 26:

     During the set of intercourse at the end of the story, Sherlock is also drawn featuring ahegao expressions, frequently used in hentai or pornographic works.

   • 2019 March 6, “Personals”, in The Medium, Rutgers University, page A6:

     Without anime I would never have been introduced to such thought provoking concepts as ahegao or 15 year old girls with boobs the size of basketballs.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ahegao.

Hypernyms

• o-face

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿嘿顏／阿嘿颜 (āhēiyán)

• Japanese: アヘ顔 (アヘがお, ahegao)
• Korean: 아헤가오 (ahegao)
• Persian: آهگائو (âhegâ'o)
• Russian: ахэга́о n (axɛgáo)
• Tajik: аҳегао n (ahegao)
• Ukrainian: aхеґао n (axegao)

Japanese

Romanization

ahegao

1. Rōmaji transcription of あへがお
2. Rōmaji transcription of アヘがお