ひょっとこ

noun

Hyottoko (comical male mask/character)

A traditional Japanese comical character or mask with a puckered, skewed mouth. Often paired with おかめ (Okame).

See also: おかめ

• 祭まつりでひょっとこのお面めんを買かった。

  I bought a Hyottoko mask at the festival.

• ひょっとこの踊おどりはとてもユーモラスだ。

  The Hyottoko dance is very humorous.

noun

clown; ugly guy; funny face

Colloquial, often derogatory term for a man with a comically ugly or distorted face, likened to the Hyottoko mask.

• あんなひょっとこみたいな顔かおの男おとこ、見みたことない。

  I've never seen a guy with such a clownish face.