<entry id="2186484" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1574340</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>顰める</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>蹙める</keb>
<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>しかめる</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&v1;</pos>
<pos>&vt;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="1217760">顔をしかめる</xref>
<xref type="see" seq="2125270">眉をしかめる</xref>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<s_inf>as 顔をしかめる or 眉をしかめる</s_inf>
<gloss>to screw up (one's face)</gloss>
<gloss>to scrunch up</gloss>
<gloss>to pucker up</gloss>
<gloss>to furrow (one's brow)</gloss>
<gloss>to wrinkle</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2012-04-14 04:56:07" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nils Roland Barth</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>* Add alt spelling 嚬める (only for ひそめる)</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daijr koj</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -7,0 +7,3 @@
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;嚬める&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
@@ -9,0 +12,1 @@
+&lt;re_restr&gt;顰める&lt;/re_restr&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-04-14 05:05:45" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nils Roland Barth</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Should this be split into separate しかめる and ひそめる entries?
I’ve proposed a sorted unified entry, but separate entries (as other dicts do) might be better – defer to editors, natch.

They are certainly similar terms, both meaning roughly “scowl (in disgust, anger, etc.)”, but ひそめる is used for one’s brow, while しかめる is used for face (according to dicts; I saw 眉をひそめる yesterday).

There is roughly an overlapping sense of “scowl, grimace”, so I’ve put that into a general sense, then split the separate senses (knit brow vs. pull a face) into separate senses, with links to set phrases for clarity.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5 daijr koj</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -21,2 +21,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to knit the brows&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to raise eyebrows&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -27,0 +25,19 @@
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;stagr&gt;ひそめる&lt;/stagr&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v1;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vt;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2125270"&gt;眉を顰める&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to knit the brows&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to raise eyebrows&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;stagr&gt;しかめる&lt;/stagr&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v1;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vt;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1217760"&gt;顔を顰める&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to pull a wry face&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to screw one's face up&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to pucker one's face&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-04-16 01:11:29" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>i'm fine with a split based on usage</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>蹙める from meikyo</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,1 +8,1 @@
-&lt;keb&gt;嚬める&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;蹙める&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -12,4 +12,0 @@
-&lt;re_restr&gt;顰める&lt;/re_restr&gt;
-&lt;/r_ele&gt;
-&lt;r_ele&gt;
-&lt;reb&gt;ひそめる&lt;/reb&gt;
@@ -18,18 +14,0 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v1;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vt;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to scowl&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to grimace&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to frown&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;/sense&gt;
-&lt;sense&gt;
-&lt;stagr&gt;ひそめる&lt;/stagr&gt;
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v1;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vt;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="2125270"&gt;眉を顰める&lt;/xref&gt;
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to knit the brows&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to raise eyebrows&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;/sense&gt;
-&lt;sense&gt;
-&lt;stagr&gt;しかめる&lt;/stagr&gt;
@@ -43,0 +21,3 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;to scowl&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to grimace&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to frown&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-04-16 03:59:24" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-04-21 12:36:21" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nils Roland Barth</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Add cross-reference for other context.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -17,0 +17,1 @@
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2125270"&gt;眉を顰める&lt;/xref&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-04-22 09:34:52" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-05-11 03:50:45" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>Google N-gram Corpus Counts
12,363	 24.7%	顰める
    47	  0.1%	蹙める
37,577	 75.2%	しかめる</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-05-11 05:33:34" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-05-12 23:43:13" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>gg5, daij
しかめる	        37577
顔をしかめる	28614
眉をしかめる	6342</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -17,2 +17,2 @@
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="1217760"&gt;顔を顰める&lt;/xref&gt;
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="2125270"&gt;眉を顰める&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1217760"&gt;顔をしかめる&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2125270"&gt;眉をしかめる&lt;/xref&gt;
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to pull a wry face&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to screw one's face up&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to pucker one's face&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to scowl&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to grimace&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to frown&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;as 顔をしかめる or 眉をしかめる&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to screw up (one's face)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to scrunch up&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to pucker up&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to furrow (one's brow)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to wrinkle&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-05-13 04:20:13" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>