Eyebrows - Eyebrows

Japanese: 眉 - まゆ

〘 noun 〙① The hair that grows in an arch shape on the upper part of the eyelid, at the upper edge of the eye socket. Mayo. Eyebrows. [Wamyosho, Ten Volumes (c. 934)] ※Genji (c. 1001-14) Wakamurasaki "Tsuratsuki itorautage nite, mayu no watari uchikkeburi"② Eyebrows. ※Shoan 2nd Year Hirotasha Utaawase (1172) "In the morning when the sea is calm, I look out over the Awa Islands, with my eyebrows undisturbed (Fujiwara no Sanesada)"③ (Emotions are expressed directly through the eyebrows) Emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. → Opening eyebrows, reading eyebrows. ※Joruri, Sugawara no Shinno (1661) 3 "Genji no mono ga eigu no mayu wo yaburan"④ A word referring to something that sticks out like an eyebrow on top of something. (I) The name of the part of a hat. The part of the front that is pushed out high under the pointed pleats. (b) The name of a part of an oxcart. The eaves at the front and back of a house. *Daikyo (early 12th century) 6 "A sachet was hung on the cocoon at the mouth of the first cart." ⑤ A word referring to something that is crescent-shaped like an eyebrow. The lower part of a rainbow beam or gable board. Examples include missing eyebrows , hollowed-out eyebrows , inset eyebrows, slanted eyebrows , and leech eyebrows . *Gyokujinsho (1563) 14 "However, the cocoon pillars above the door are not like those of a formal house." ⑥ A decoration on the box-shaped bow of an Ise-bune boat, a long, eyebrow-like piece painted black on the lower part of the upper shelf on both sides of the bow. ※Ise-sen Secretary of the River Ship Cargo Department (1708) Ise-sen Memorandum "The specifications of the cocoons are <abbreviated> They are painted from the top of the brow edge to the bottom of the brow."

Mayo [eyebrows]

〘 noun 〙 Old form of "mayu (eyebrow)". ※Shosoin documents - Tenpyo 12 (740) Echizen Province Enuma County Yamashiro Village Account Book "Younger brother of Enuma no Omi clan Ushimaro <abbreviated> Left eye use tail scar"

Mami [eyebrows]

Eyebrows

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Japanese:

〘名〙① まぶたの上部、眼窩の上縁部にあたる所に弓状にはえている毛。まよ。まゆげ。〔十巻本和名抄（934頃）〕※源氏（1001‐14頃）若紫「つらつきいとらうたげにて、まゆのわたりうちけぶり」② まゆずみ。※承安二年広田社歌合（1172）「むこの海をなぎたる朝に見渡せばまゆも乱れぬ阿波の島山〈藤原実定〉」③ (眉は感情が端的に表われるところなので) 喜怒哀楽の情。→眉を開く・眉を読む。※浄瑠璃・菅原親王（1661）三「げんじの者共がゑいぐゎのまゆを打やぶらん」④ 何かの上に、眉のように張り出したものをいう語。(イ) 烏帽子の部分の名。前の中、とがっているひだの下に高く押し出している所。(ロ) 牛車の部分の名。屋形の前後の軒。※大鏡（１２Ｃ前）六「一の車の口のまゆに香嚢かけられて」⑤ 眉のような三日月形をしたものをいう語。虹梁(こうりょう)または破風板などの下方の繰形(くりがた)。欠眉(かきまゆ)、抉眉(くじりまゆ)、出入眉、薙眉(なぎまゆ)、蛭眉(ひるまゆ)などがある。※玉塵抄（1563）一四「と云へども戸の上のまゆ柱など式の家のやうにないぞ」⑥ 伊勢船造りの箱型船首の装飾で、船首両側上棚の下部に細長く眉状に黒く塗るもの。※川船荷方伊勢船秘書（1708）伊勢船之覚書「まゆの仕様は〈略〉まゆふちの上よりあをりの下までぬる也」