tearful face; crying face
Refers to a face wet with tears, often used in the set phrase 吠え面をかく (to cry in frustration or regret).
You'll be crying about it later.
彼は負けて吠え面をかいていた。
He was crying with a tearful face after losing.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 吠え (continuative form of 吠える 'to bark, to howl') and 面 (face). The image is of a face contorted like a howling animal, i.e., crying loudly in frustration.