渋面

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
渋	面
じゅう Grade: S	めん Grade: 3
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
澁面 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゅうめん [jùúméń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨːmẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

渋(じゅう)面(めん) • (jūmen)

grimace
Synonym: しかめっ面(つら) (shikamettsura)

渋(じゅう)面(めん)をつくる ― jūmen o tsukuru ― to grimace (literally, “to make a grimace”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
渋	面
しぶ Grade: S	つら Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
澁面 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
渋	面
しぶ Grade: S	つら > づら Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
澁面 (kyūjitai)

渋(しぶ)い (shibui, “bitter”) + 面(つら) (tsura, “face”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しぶつら [shìbútsúrá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕibɯ̟t͡sɨɾa̠]

(Tokyo) しぶづら [shìbúzúrá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕibɯ̟zɨɾa̠]

Noun

渋(しぶ)面(つら) or 渋(しぶ)面(づら) • (shibutsura or shibuzura)

grimace

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“渋面”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026