まがお

Japanese

Alternative spelling
真顔

Etymology

From 真(ま) (ma-) + 顔(かお) (kao). The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まがお [màgáó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ɡa̠o̞]

Noun

まがお • (magao) ←まがほ (magafo)?

  1. serious face; straight face; sober face

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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