expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to smile with one's whole face - obscure term ➜ 目を細める
• to squint ➜ 目を細める

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to keep face; to save face; to not lose face

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to save face; to keep face; to not lose face

noun / ~する noun:

• being so embarrassed as to keep one's face down

adverb:

• to one's face; in one's presence

godan ~く verb:

• to have a charming face, voice, personality, etc.; to be charming

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lie face-down

noun:

• face contorted and about to cry

noun:

• flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness
• animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball

noun:

• pretending to obey someone to his face but badmouthing him behind his back - four character idiom

noun:

• groups of hiragana characters which are arranged to look like a face

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown ➜ 顔を顰める・眉を顰める

noun / ~する noun:

• abusing someone to his (her) face

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to lose face; to disgrace oneself

noun:

• large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wash one's face and hands
• to go to the toilet

expression / ichidan verb:

• to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good

expression:

• head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to lay upside down
• to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes)

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness) - usu. 臥せる ➜ 臥せる【ふせる】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to grimace; to make a wry face

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be embarrassed; to lose face

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to embarrass oneself
• to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku) - orig. meaning

expression / adjective:

• too ashamed to meet; having no face to meet [literal]