Illustration: At a shared apartment bicycle shelter, a resident discovers that someone has parked a bicycle sideways across the narrow entrance. Their eyebrows pull sharply inward and downward, creating distinct creases above the bridge of the nose, while their mouth remains almost straight.

ひそめる

hisomeru

to furrow one’s brows

Usually used with 眉. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

トムは眉まゆをひそめた。
Tom frowned.
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その老婦人ろうふじんはまゆをひそめた。
The old woman knitted her brows.
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出でてきた男おとこは眉まゆをひそめていた。
The man who stepped out was frowning.
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