しかめる
Also written 顰める, 蹙める
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle (usu. as 顔を〜) See also: 顔をしかめる (かおをしかめる).
Example sentences
- 彼女がなぜ彼に顔をしかめたのか分からなかった。
I couldn't understand why she frowned at him. - 彼女はその女性に対して顔をしかめた。
She made faces at that woman.
Common phrases
- 顔をしかめる (かおをしかめる) to grimace