脂し粉ふん

noun

rouge and powder; cosmetics

A somewhat literary or old-fashioned term for makeup, especially traditional face powder and rouge. In modern Japanese, 化粧品 or メイク are more common.

• 彼かの女じょは鏡かがみの前まえで脂し粉ふんを施ほどこした。

  She applied rouge and powder in front of the mirror.

• 昔むかしの女じょ性せいは脂し粉ふんで身みを飾かざった。

  Women in the old days adorned themselves with cosmetics.