しかめっ面

Japanese
Kanji in this term
面
つら
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
顰めっ面

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しかめっつら [shìkáméttsúrá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɕika̠me̞t̚t͡sɨᵝɾa̠]

Noun

しかめっ面(つら) • (shikamettsura) ←しかめつつら (sikametutura)?

  1. 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
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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