-looking; with a ... expression; resembling ...
Colloquial suffix attached to nouns or the -masu stem of verbs. Describes a facial expression, appearance, or air that resembles the base word.
He showed everyone the results with a proud look on his face.
The children stared at the box with puzzled expressions.
She tried to hide her tearful face.
smile; smiling face
face without makeup; unpainted face · true face; real nature; true picture · sober face; sobriety
serious look; straight face
profile; side face · personal profile; biographical sketch
sleeping face
crying face; tearful face
acting like one owns the place; behaving as if one were the owner
Japanese bindweed; Calystegia japonica
newcomer; new face
bottle gourd; calabash · moonflower
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
face of a dead person; death mask
red face; flushed face
portrait; likeness; caricature
morning glory; Japanese morning glory · funnel-shaped object; bell-shaped part · rose of Sharon
round face; moon face
gentle face; serene expression; Buddha-like face
familiar face; old-timer
fair and delicate features (of a man); salt face
funny face; silly face
moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
feminine face; girly face
small face; attractively small face
baby face; childlike face
Derived from the noun 顔 (かお, 'face') with rendaku voicing. Used as a suffix to create compound nouns describing a person's facial expression or appearance.