膨れっ面

Japanese

Kanji in this term
膨	面
ふく Grade: S	つら Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
ふくれっ面脹れっ面

Etymology

Compound of 膨れ (fukure, “puffed, puffed up”, stem of verb 膨れる (fukureru, “to become puffed up”)) +‎ 面 (tsura, “face”), from the practice of puffing one's cheeks in an expression of displeasure.^[1]^[2]^[3]

First cited to the late 1700s.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふくれっつら [fùkúréttsúrá] (Heiban – [0])^[4]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ɾe̞t̚t͡sɨɾa̠]

Noun

膨(ふく)れっ面(つら) • (fukurettsura)

[from late 1700s] sulk, sulky look, pout
Synonym: (uncommon) 脹れ顔 (fukuregao)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “脹面”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “膨れっ面”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJc-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “脹面”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DDJS-2] “膨れっ面”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-4] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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