表情筋

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
表 情 筋
ひょう
Grade: 3 		じょう
Grade: 5 		きん
Grade: 6
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Etymology

From 表情(ひょうじょう) (hyōjō) + 筋(きん) (kin).

Pronunciation

Noun

表(ひょう)情(じょう)筋(きん) • (hyōjōkin) ←へうじやうきん (feuzyaukin)?

  1. (anatomy) a mimetic muscle
  2. (by extension, colloquial) ability to emote

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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