Dimples - Dimples

Japanese: 靨 - えくぼ

〘Noun〙 (meaning "laughing dimples") 1. The small dimples that appear on the cheeks when laughing. [Shinsen Jikyo (around 898-901)] *Toraakirahon Kyogen/Makuramono Kyogen (late Muromachi period - early modern period) "There were about seven or eight hundred dimples, as big as heaven, on both cheeks." 2. A sarcastic word for smallpox scars. 3. The dimples between the eyes and gills of a fish.

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「笑窪」の意)① 笑うとき、ほおに生じる小さなくぼみ。〔新撰字鏡（898‐901頃）〕※虎明本狂言・枕物狂（室町末‐近世初）「てんもくほどなゑくぼが、両のほほに七八十百ばかりいって」② 痘痕(あばた)を皮肉の気持をこめていう語。③ 魚の目と鰓(えら)との間にあるくぼみ。

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