expression, ichidan verb
read someone's physiognomy; judge character from facial features
Refers to the traditional practice of assessing a person's nature, fortune, or health by examining facial features and expression. Often used in contexts of fortune-telling or character judgment.
彼は相を見るのが得意で、初対面の人でも性格を言い当てる。
He is good at reading physiognomy and can guess a person's character even at first meeting.
昔の人は、顔の相を見てその人の運命を占った。
People in the past used to tell fortunes by reading facial features.