眉まゆ墨ずみ

noun

eyebrow pencil; eyebrow blackening

Refers to the cosmetic product used to draw or darken eyebrows, historically a black powder or modern pencil.

• 母ははは化け粧しょう台だいで眉まゆ墨ずみを使つかっている。

  My mother is using an eyebrow pencil at the dressing table.

noun

blackened eyebrows

Describes eyebrows that have been darkened with 眉墨, often in traditional or historical contexts.

• 舞妓まいこの眉まゆ墨ずみが美うつくしい。

  The maiko's blackened eyebrows are beautiful.

noun

distant mountain range (metaphor)

Poetic metaphor comparing distant mountains to the shape of blackened eyebrows. Rare and literary.

• 遠とおくの山やま並なみを眉まゆ墨ずみにたとえる表ひょう現げんは、古こ典てん和わ歌かに見みられる。

  The expression comparing distant mountain ranges to blackened eyebrows is found in classical waka poetry.