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眉を顰める； 眉をひそめる； 眉をしかめる
【 まゆをひそめる (眉を顰める, 眉をひそめる)； まゆをしかめる (眉を顰める, 眉をしかめる) 】
1. [exp,v1]
▶ to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.)
▶ to raise one's eyebrows
▶ to frown
▶ to scowl
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2703030 顰める【ひそめる】 1. to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
  ⇐ see: 1574340 顰める【しかめる】 1. to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
  ⇐ see: 2219080 眉を寄せる【まゆをよせる】 1. to frown; to scowl

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2012-12-12 05:57:53  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2012-12-10 06:30:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
新和英中辞典, GG5 (examples)
  Comments: 
Seems it can go either way. 新和英中辞典 just xrefs.
  Diff: 
@@ -10,0 +10,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>眉をしかめる</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -12,0 +15,7 @@
+<re_restr>眉を顰める</re_restr>
+<re_restr>眉をひそめる</re_restr>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>まゆをしかめる</reb>
+<re_restr>眉を顰める</re_restr>
+<re_restr>眉をしかめる</re_restr>
3. A 2012-04-14 11:36:36  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Grrr.
  Diff: 
@@ -17,1 +17,1 @@
-<gloss>raise one's eyebrows</gloss>
+<gloss>to raise one's eyebrows</gloss>
2. A* 2012-04-14 05:10:17  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5
  Comments: 
More glosses – “knit brow/raise eyebrows” also idiomatic in English, and more specific than general “frown”.
  Diff: 
@@ -16,0 +16,2 @@
+<gloss>to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>raise one's eyebrows</gloss>
1. A 2007-01-21 00:00:00 
  Comments: 
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