Meaning

Primary

Eyebrow

Word Type

noun

Explanation

An eyebrow's hair is the individual eyebrow hair that makes them up.

Reading

まゆげ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This word uses the kun'yomi readings for both kanji. You've learned them both already, so you should be able to read this already!

Context

Context Sentences

三時間前に眉毛をそったばかりなのに、もう眉毛がつながりそうだ。

Even though I just shaved my eyebrows three hours ago, I'm already starting to get a unibrow.

ドレスの色に合わせて、眉毛を染めたの。

I dyed my eyebrows to match my dress.

眉毛を書くのに毎朝二時間くらいかかる。

It takes me a couple hours to draw my eyebrows on every morning.

Kanji Composition