横顔

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
横 顔
よこ
Grade: 3 		かお > がお
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
橫顏 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

First attested in 1682.

Pronunciation

Noun

横(よこ)顔(がお) • (yokogao) ←よこがほ (yokogafo)?

  1. profile (someone's face seen from the side)
    Synonym: 輪郭 (rinkaku)
  2. profile (summary of information about a person)
    Synonym: プロフィール (purofīru)
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Verb

横(よこ)顔(がお)する • (yokogao suru) suru (stem 横(よこ)顔(がお)し (yokogao shi), past 横(よこ)顔(がお)した (yokogao shita))

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References

  1. ^ “横顔”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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