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    人相

    人にん相そう

    looks

    KMT9News #31+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    にんそう

    Noun

    1.
    looks, countenance, facial features
    2.
    physiognomy

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    彼かれの人にん相そうは悪わるい。

    He has a bad look (unpleasant facial features).

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    初しょ対たい面めんの人ひとを人にん相そうで判はん断だんするのは良よくない。

    It's not good to judge someone you meet for the first time by their facial features.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは人にん相そう学がくに詳くわしく、人ひとの顔かおから性せい格かくを読よみ取とることができると主しゅ張ちょうしている。

    He claims to be knowledgeable in physiognomy and can read a person's character from their face.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    昔むかしの日に本ほんでは、人にん相そう見みが人ひと々びとの運うん勢せいを占うらなうことがあった。

    In old Japan, physiognomists sometimes told people's fortunes.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistory
    疲ひ労ろう困こん憊ぱいの彼かれは、普ふ段だんとは違ちがう厳きびしい人にん相そうをしていた。

    Exhausted, he had a stern look on his face, different from his usual countenance.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    相
    あい-…(8)
    inter-・mutual・together・each other・minister of state…(4)
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