素顔

See also: 素顏 and 素颜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
素	顔
す Grade: 5	かお > がお Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
素顏 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すがお [súꜜgàò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝɡa̠o̞]

Noun

素(す)顔(がお) • (sugao)

unadorned face; a face without makeup
Synonym: 素っぴん (suppin)
(by extension) the true self, without embellishment

References

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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