How to say "features" in Japanese

• 面相めんそうCommon
  nounCovers 'features' in the sense of countenance or looks. It suggests the overall appearance of the face, often as it strikes an observer, and can carry a slightly evaluative tone, as in commenting on someone's looks.
• 顔つきかおつきJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounRefers to the outward looks or appearance of the face, including the impression created by expression. Use it when 'features' means how someone's face looks as a whole, often with attention to what it conveys.
  彼かれは怒おこった顔かおつきで外そとへでてきた。↗

  He came out with an angry face.
• 顔立ちかおだちCommon
  nounThe closest word for 'features' meaning the physical structure of the face — the eyes, nose, mouth and their arrangement. Use it when describing how someone is facially built, as in fine or regular features.
  とりわけ人目ひとめをひいたのは、彼女かのじょの卵型たまごがたの顔立かおだちだった。↗

  Especially remarkable was her oval face.
• 器量きりょうCommon
  nounMeans looks or facial beauty, especially of a woman. It corresponds to 'features' only indirectly, through attractiveness; it is really about beauty or lack of it rather than facial structure, so it is often not the word you want for neutral 'features'.
  彼女かのじょは器量きりょうの点てんでは姉あねに劣おとらない。↗

  She is not less beautiful than her sister.

For facial 'features', 「顔立ち」 describes the shape and structure of the face, 「顔つき」 the overall look or expression, 器量 especially a woman's beauty or attractiveness, and 面相 a countenance or looks.

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• 面相めんそうcountenance
• 顔つきかおつき(outward) looks
• 顔立ちかおだちlooks
• 器量きりょうlooks (esp. of a woman)
• 顔かたちかおかたちfeatures
• 相好そうごうfeatures
• 面立ちおもだちfeatures
• 容顔ようがんfeatures
• 面輪おもわfeatures
• 開発経緯かいはつけいいfeatures (e.g. of a product)
• 容貌ようぼうlooks
• 相貌そうぼうlooks
• 面差しおもざしlooks
• 容色ようしょくlooks
• 眉目びもくface
• 見目形みめかたちappearance
• 面容めんようlooks
• 顔立てかおだてlooks
• 形貌けいぼうlooks
• 目面めづらface and eyes
• 顔かおface
• 美容びようbeauty
• 顔かんばせcountenance
• 輪郭りんかくlooks
• 形かたちvisage
• マスク(facial) features