Illustration: At a Japanese home's washbasin, a child stands on a small step stool while a caregiver gently wipes a smear of breakfast from one cheek. The child's whole face is clearly exposed: both eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and chin remain visible, with the cloth touching only the outer edge of one cheek.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

顔かお

kao

face

Example sentences

  1. 顔かおはこっちに向むけて。

    Turn your face this way.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 顔かおに何なにかついてるよ。

    There’s something on your face.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. お顔かおが汚よごれてますよ。

    Your face is dirty.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 顔

  • 顔face; expressionOnガンKunかお

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