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しかめる

顰める
蹙める
[shikameru]

Meanings

1.IchidanTransitive

to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle

Other Readings

顰める」 has another reading with different meanings.

Examples

誰もが顔を顰める

Everyone screws up their face.

彼は不快そうに顔を顰めた

He grimaced unpleasantly.

その話を聞いて眉を顰めてしまう。

Hearing that story makes me furrow my brow.

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