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Japanese
Etymology
Phrase composed of 顰蹙 (hinshuku, “scowl, frown”) + を (o, object particle) + 買う (kau, “buy; incur, bring about”).[1][2] Literally, “to incur a frown”.
Pronunciation
Idiom
顰蹙を買う or 顰蹙を買う • (hinshuku o kau)
- to displease someone (due to one's speech or conduct), to be frowned upon
- 2002, 山崎武也, 『20代からの気のきいた「マナー」がわかる本』
- 声高にしゃべりすぎて、近くのテーブルの人たちのひんしゅくを買うことのないようにする。
- Kowadaka ni shaberi-sugite, chikaku no tēburu no hitotachi no hinshuku o kau koto no nai yō ni suru.
- Try not to talk too loudly and displease people from nearby tables.
- 2003, 三神万里子, 『メガバンク決算;日・米・欧、どこが違うのか?』
- 「露骨すぎる」と業界内で顰蹙を買ったほどである。
- “Rokotsu sugiru” to gyōkainai de hinshuku o katta hodo de aru.
- It was enough to cause displeasure within the industry as being "too explicit".
- 2005, 永守重信, 『情熱・熱意・執念の経営 すぐやる! 必ずやる! 出来るまでやる!』
- 不合格となって怒り出す学生もいたし、世間から顰蹙も買いました。
- Fugōkaku to natte okoridasu gakusei mo ita shi, seken kara hinshuku mo kaimashita.
- Some students flew into a rage after they were rejected, and they were frowned upon by the public.
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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顰蹙を買わ
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ひんしゅくをかわ
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hinshuku o kawa
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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顰蹙を買い
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ひんしゅくをかい
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hinshuku o kai
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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顰蹙を買う
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ひんしゅくをかう
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hinshuku o kau
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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顰蹙を買う
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ひんしゅくをかう
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hinshuku o kau
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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顰蹙を買え
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ひんしゅくをかえ
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hinshuku o kae
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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顰蹙を買え
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ひんしゅくをかえ
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hinshuku o kae
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Key constructions
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Passive
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顰蹙を買われる
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ひんしゅくをかわれる
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hinshuku o kawareru
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Causative
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顰蹙を買わせる 顰蹙を買わす
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ひんしゅくをかわせる ひんしゅくをかわす
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hinshuku o kawaseru hinshuku o kawasu
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Potential
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顰蹙を買える
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ひんしゅくをかえる
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hinshuku o kaeru
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Volitional
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顰蹙を買おう
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ひんしゅくをかおう
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hinshuku o kaō
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Negative
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顰蹙を買わない
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ひんしゅくをかわない
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hinshuku o kawanai
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Negative continuative
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顰蹙を買わず
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ひんしゅくをかわず
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hinshuku o kawazu
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Formal
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顰蹙を買います
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ひんしゅくをかいます
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hinshuku o kaimasu
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Perfective
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顰蹙を買った
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ひんしゅくをかった
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hinshuku o katta
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Conjunctive
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顰蹙を買って
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ひんしゅくをかって
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hinshuku o katte
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Hypothetical conditional
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顰蹙を買えば
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ひんしゅくをかえば
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hinshuku o kaeba
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References