まがお

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
真顔

Etymology

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From () (ma-) + (かお) (kao). The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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まがお (magaoまがほ (magafo)?

  1. serious face; straight face; sober face

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN