顰める

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
しか
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

(しか)める • (shikamerutransitive ichidan (stem (しか) (shikame), past (しか)めた (shikameta))

  1. to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
    (かお)(しか)める
    kao o shikameru
    to pull a wry face
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ひそ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そめ [hìsóméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çiso̞me̞ɾɯ̟]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「ひそめる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
ひそめる そめ [hìsóméꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) ひそめろ そめ [hìsóméꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive ひそめられる そめられ [hìsóméráréꜜrù]
Causative ひそめさせる そめさせ [hìsómésáséꜜrù]
Potential ひそめられる そめられ [hìsóméráréꜜrù]
Volitional ひそめよう そめよ [hìsóméyóꜜò]
Negative ひそめない そめない [hìsóméꜜnàì]
Negative perfective ひそめなかった そめなかった [hìsóméꜜnàkàttà]
Formal ひそめます そめま [hìsómémáꜜsù]
Perfective ひそめた めた [hìsóꜜmètà]
Conjunctive ひそめて めて [hìsóꜜmètè]
Hypothetical conditional ひそめれば そめれば [hìsóméꜜrèbà]

Verb

(ひそ)める • (hisomerutransitive ichidan (stem (ひそ) (hisome), past (ひそ)めた (hisometa))

  1. to knit (one's eyebrows)
    (まゆ)(ひそ)める
    mayu o hisomeru
    to knit one's eyebrows
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN