Illustration: At a family breakfast table, a teenager has just bitten into an unexpectedly sour pickled plum. His eyebrows leap upward, his eyes narrow unevenly, and his lips pull into a tight pucker, with both cheeks tensed. He still holds his chopsticks halfway between the rice bowl and his mouth.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

表ひょう情じょう

hyoujou

facial expression

Example sentences

彼かれは変へんな表情ひょうじょうをしていた。
He had an odd look on his face.
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表情ひょうじょうが明あかるくなった。
His face cleared.
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彼かれの表情ひょうじょうは厳きびしかった。
He had a severe look on his face.
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Kanji in 表情

表surface; tableOnヒョウKunおもて・あらわす・あらわれる
情feelings; emotionOnジョウ・セイKunなさけ

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