painted eyebrows; drawn eyebrows
Refers to the traditional Japanese practice of shaving off natural eyebrows and painting new ones higher on the forehead, historically associated with court nobles and later with married women.
平安時代の貴族は引き眉をしていた。
Heian-period nobles had painted eyebrows.
引き眉は、結婚した女性の風習でもあった。
Painted eyebrows were also a custom among married women.
Standard kanji spelling for the traditional practice of painting or drawing on eyebrows.
Abbreviated kanji form; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 引き (hiki, 'pulling, drawing') + 眉 (mayu, 'eyebrow'), referring to the act of drawing on eyebrows.