soy sauce face; typically Japanese face
Slang term for a face with typically Japanese features, often contrasted with ソース顔 (sauce face) for more Western-looking features. Used in casual conversation and online.
See also: ソース顔
He has a soy sauce face, and Japanese clothes suit him well.
Actors with soy sauce faces are popular lately.
Standard mixed kana-kanji spelling. The kanji 顔 is used for 'face'.
Full kanji spelling. Less common in casual use but still seen.
Compound of しょうゆ (soy sauce) and 顔 (face). The term likens a typically Japanese face to soy sauce, a staple of Japanese cuisine, in contrast to ソース顔 (sauce face) for Western-looking features.