Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tsurime

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tsurime
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Eyes slanted upward on the outside.

Uncountable

noun

A makeup style, similar to pien and associated with jirai kei, drawn with tsurime.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"tsurime eyes"
"Borrowing the language of America's culture wars, online critics condemned the depiction as "politically/racially correct" for reproducing what they deemed racially offensive western orientalist tropes by depicting the character with "tsurime" (slanted eyes) and black hair."
"A very specific MadoMagi pet peeve of mine is when people draw Madoka with tsurime eyes (sharp eyes). Madoka has super round eyes!!!"
"I think we should add more makeup styles to jirai kei. Pien and tsurime makeup looks so cute, but I feel like we could have so many more options !!"
"i'm so obsessed with tsurime makeup i want to do more and more but i'm so sleepy eepy"
"to my jiraitwt oomfs do u do tsurime or pien makeup? i personally do pien (* ´ ▽ ` *)"

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese つりめ.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

tareme

Questions

What does tsurime mean?: Eyes slanted upward on the outside.
Where does tsurime come from?: Borrowed from Japanese つりめ.

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