への字じ

noun

downturned mouth; mouth shaped like the kana へ

Describes a mouth with corners turned down, resembling the hiragana character へ. Often used in the phrase への字に結んだ口 (a mouth set in a frown).

See also: への字に結んだ口

• 彼かれは不ふ満まんそうに口くちをへの字じに曲まげた。

  He twisted his mouth into a frown, looking dissatisfied.

• その子こは叱しかられて、口くちをへの字じにして泣なきそうだった。

  Scolded, the child's mouth turned down at the corners and she looked about to cry.