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There are 9 total results for your 顰める search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

顰める

see styles
 hisomeru
    ひそめる
    shikameru
    しかめる
(transitive verb) (kana only) to knit (one's eyebrows); (transitive verb) (kana only) to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown

眉を顰める

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 mayuohisomeru
    まゆをひそめる
    mayuoshikameru
    まゆをしかめる
(exp,v1) to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

顔を顰める

see styles
 kaooshikameru
    かおをしかめる
(exp,v1) to grimace; to frown

Variations:
顰める
嚬める

see styles
 hisomeru
    ひそめる
(transitive verb) (kana only) (See 眉をひそめる) to knit (one's eyebrows)

Variations:
顰める
蹙める

see styles
 shikameru
    しかめる
(transitive verb) (kana only) (See 顔を顰める,眉を顰める) to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown

Variations:
顰める
嚬める(rK)

see styles
 hisomeru
    ひそめる
(transitive verb) (kana only) (as 眉をひそめる) (See 眉をひそめる) to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract

Variations:
顰める
蹙める(rK)

see styles
 shikameru
    しかめる
(transitive verb) (kana only) (as 顔をしかめる or 眉をしかめる) (See 顔をしかめる,眉をしかめる) to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle

Variations:
顔をしかめる
顔を顰める

see styles
 kaooshikameru
    かおをしかめる
(exp,v1) to grimace; to frown

Variations:
眉を顰める
眉をひそめる
眉をしかめる

see styles
 mayuohisomeru(眉o顰meru, 眉ohisomeru); mayuoshikameru(眉o顰meru, 眉oshikameru)
    まゆをひそめる(眉を顰める, 眉をひそめる); まゆをしかめる(眉を顰める, 眉をしかめる)
(exp,v1) to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
This page contains 9 results for "顰める" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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