横顔|よこがおyokogao[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounprofile; face in profile; face seen from the side
- noun(personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
- SynonymプロフィールNeutralA loanword for a personal profile or data, also a side view of the face; centers on the biographical profile.
- Synonym横ぞっぽうCasualMeans a face in profile; dialectal and colloquial with an old-fashioned flavor, rarely used in modern Japanese.
- Synonym横ずっぽうCasualA variant of 「横ぞっぽう」 meaning a face in profile; dialectal and used less often.
- Related輪郭りんかくNeutralRefers to the outer contour lines of an object or the outline of a matter; centers on the contour line, not specifically a face seen from the side.
- Related半面像NeutralMeans a profile portrait; used mainly of portraits and sculpture, leaning toward art terminology.
- Antonym正面顔NeutralAn antonym: the face seen from the front, the opposite of the side-view 「横顔」.
- Antonym正顔NeutralAn antonym: the full face viewed from the front, the opposite of the side-view 「横顔」.
Use 「横顔」 for a face seen from the side or a little-known side of a person, as in 「横顔が美しい」 or 「首相の横顔」. For a personal profile say 「プロフィール」, for outer contour lines 「輪郭」, and for a face from the front 「正面顔」.
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