素顔すがお (sugao)

face without makeup

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Meaning

素顔 (すがお, sugao) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “face without makeup”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 8

彼女かのじょ素顔すがおのままでも うつくしい

She is beautiful even without makeup.

あなたは素顔もとても美しい。

Your face is also very beautiful without makeup.

私は彼のいくぶんかの厳格な素顔ゆえに彼を好きだ。

I like him for a certain stern soberness that he has.

この能役者の素顔を「直面(ひためん)」と呼び、その名のとおり自分の素顔を能面と見立てて演ずる。

This unmasked face of a noh performer is called the "hitamen" (lit. direct mask) and, as the name suggests, the performer acts using his own face as a noh mask.