顔

Vocabulary (12)

• 小顔

  こがお

  (attractively) small face (esp. a woman's)

• 斜め顔

  ななめがお

  (drawing of a) face in three-quarter view

• 顔に紅葉を散らす

  かおにもみじをちらす

  (for a woman) to blush

• 昼顔

  ひるがお

  Belle de Jour (novel, film)

• 顔見世狂言

  かおみせきょうげん

  December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

• 顔本

  かおぼん

  Facebook

• 昼顔

  ひるがお

  Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)

• 厚顔抄

  こうがんしょう

  Kogansho (1691 commentary on the songs of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki; by Keichu)

• 顔汚し

  かおよごし

  a disgrace or dishonor (dishonour)

• 恍け顔

  とぼけがお

  a face of (feigned) innocence

• 物知り顔

  ものしりがお

  a knowing look

• 顔見知り

  かおみしり

  acquaintance