横顔

横顔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
横	顔
よこ Grade: 3	かお > がお Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
橫顏 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

First attested in 1682.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よこがお [yòkógáó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ko̞ɡa̠o̞]

Noun

横(よこ)顔(がお) • (yokogao) ^{←よこがほ (yokogafo)?}

1. [from 1700] profile (someone's face seen from the side)

   Synonym: 輪郭 (rinkaku)

2. [from 1934] profile (summary of information about a person)

   Synonym: プロフィール (purofīru)

3. [from 1682] This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Verb

横(よこ)顔(がお)する • (yokogao suru) suru (stem 横(よこ)顔(がお)し (yokogao shi), past 横(よこ)顔(がお)した (yokogao shita))

1. [from 1682] This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

1. “横顔”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.