Illustration: Three generations sit shoulder to shoulder on the engawa of a family home: a grandmother, her adult daughter, and a teenage grandson. All have the same distinctive arched eyebrows, long straight nose, and small pointed chin, despite different hairstyles and ages.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

顔かお立だち

kaodachi

facial features

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは顔立かおだちが母親ははおやと似にている。
She takes after her mother in looks.
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広子ひろこは魅力的みりょくてきな顔立かおだちをしている。
Hiroko has charming features.
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彼女かのじょは彫ほりの深ふかい顔立かおだちの女おんなの子こでした。
She was a girl with finely chiseled features.
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Kanji in 顔立

顔face; expressionOnガンKunかお
立stand; riseOnリツ・リュウ・リットルKunたつ・たち-・たてる

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