Between the eyebrows - Mayuai

Japanese: 眉間 - まゆあい
Between the eyebrows - Mayuai
〘 noun 〙 Between the eyebrows. Miken. Mayoai. [Iroha Jiruisho (1177-81)] ※Joruri, Yomei Tenno Shokunin Kagami (1705), Shokunin Zukuri (All about craftsmen) "Momoshima strikes Mayuai as splitting and throwing away the eyebrows."

mi-ken [between the eyebrows]

〘 noun 〙 The area between the eyebrows. Also, the center of the forehead . ※Shosoin documents - Jinki 3 (726) Unjo Village Survey Book of Atago County, Yamashiro Province "Izumo no monk, age 12, child, with ink between the eyebrows"

Bi-kan [between the eyebrows]

〘 noun 〙 Between the cocoons. Miken. ※Hototogisu (1898-99) from Tokutomi Roka: “As soon as I saw the guests coming in, a look of joy rose to my eyebrows .”

Mai-ai ...ahi [between the eyebrows]

〘Noun〙 A variation of the word "mayuai (between the eyebrows)". ※Ryōsokuin Honzantani-shō (around 1500) 1 "To protect the ambiguity of people and hide one's secrets through greed"

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Japanese:
〘名〙 眉と眉のあいだ。みけん。まよあい。〔色葉字類抄（1177‐81）〕※浄瑠璃・用明天皇職人鑑（1705）職人尽し「百嶋がまゆあひを、割れてのけとはったと打つ」

み‐けん【眉間】

〘名〙 眉と眉との間の部分。また、額(ひたい)の中央。ひたい。※正倉院文書‐神亀三年（726）山背国愛宕郡雲上里計帳「出雲臣僧、年拾弐歳、小子、眉間墨子」

び‐かん【眉間】

〘名〙 まゆとまゆとの間。みけん。※不如帰（1898‐99）〈徳富蘆花〉中「入り来る客を見るより喜色は忽ち眉間(ビカン)に上りぬ」

まい‐あい ‥あひ【眉間】

〘名〙 「まゆあい（眉間）」の変化した語。※両足院本山谷抄（1500頃）一「利欲に依て人のまいあいを守てついしょうをしまわるは」

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