童どう顔がん

noun

child's face; childlike face

Literal noun use for the face of a child or an innocent, childlike face; in everyday Japanese, 子どもの顔 is more direct when simply saying 'a child's face.'

• この画が家かは、あどけない童どう顔がんを描えがくのが得とく意いだ。

  This painter is good at depicting innocent children's faces.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

baby face; childlike face; boyish face

Most common for an older child or adult whose face looks younger than their actual age. Often used predicatively as 童顔だ or attributively as 童顔の.

• 彼かれは童どう顔がんだが、もう三さん十じゅう代だいだ。

  He has a baby face, but he is already in his thirties.

• 童どう顔がんの俳はい優ゆうとして人にん気きがある。

  He is popular as a baby-faced actor.