能のう面めん

noun

noh mask

Refers to the masks used in Noh theater, often with a fixed, expressionless appearance. Also used figuratively for an inscrutable facial expression.

• 彼かれは能のう面めんのような顔かおで座すわっていた。

  He sat there with a face like a noh mask.

• この能のう面めんは室むろ町まち時じ代だいのものだ。

  This noh mask is from the Muromachi period.