Illustration: At a family kitchen table, a young child presses one fingertip into each of their own rounded cheeks while looking into a small handheld mirror. The soft flesh makes two obvious dimples, and the child purses their lips in delighted concentration.

ほっぺた

hoppeta

cheek

This is colloquial. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

赤あかん坊ぼうのほっぺたはビロードのような手触てざわりがする。
Little babies' cheeks feel like velvet.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれのほっぺたは真まっ赤かだった。
His cheeks were bright red.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
料理りょうりはほっぺたが落おちるほどおいしかった。
The food was finger-licking good.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences

Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store

For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store