Kanji

eyebrow

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

目部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ビ, ミ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

まゆ

Nanori (Name Reading)

まゆ

Example sentences

まゆ
彼女は不機嫌そうに眉をひそめた。

She knit her brows in displeasure.

ぴくり ぴくり
彼は眉をぴくりと動かした。

He twitched his eyebrows.

眉間 みけん
彼は考え事をするとき、眉間にしわを寄せる癖がある。

He has a habit of wrinkling his brow when he thinks.

皺を寄せる しわをよせる
彼は眉間に皺を寄せて考え込んだ。

He wrinkled his brow and was lost in thought.

眉をひそめる まゆをひそめる
彼の失礼な態度に、周囲の人は眉をひそめた。

People around him frowned at his rude attitude.

眉を寄せる まゆをよせる
彼はその知らせに眉を寄せた

He frowned at the news.

眉根を寄せる まゆねをよせる
彼はその知らせを聞いて眉根を寄せた。

He knit his brows upon hearing the news.

眉を顰める まゆをひそめる
彼のマナーの悪さに、周囲の人々は眉を顰めた。

The people around frowned at his bad manners.

眉毛 まゆげ
母は笑うと眉毛が少し上がる。

When my mother laughs, her eyebrows rise a little.

Example Vocabulary

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