- 隈
- くま【隈】¶ → 目の縁に隈ができる* * *くま【隈】1 〔すみ・奥まった所〕 a recess; a corner; a nook.
●山[谷]のくま the recesses of a mountain [valley].
2 〔かげ〕 (a) shade; a part in shadows; a shadow; 〔ぼかし〕 shading; 【美】 dark; 〔隈取り〕 makeup. [⇒くまどり 2]●月のくま the dark of the moon.
●くまなく ⇒くまなく.
●彼女の目の下[まわり]にはくまができていた. There were (black [dark]) rings [(black) circles, dark areas] under [around] her eyes.
●くまをとる 〔色の〕 shade off; gradate; put gradation into 《a painting》; 〔顔の〕 make up 《a Kabuki actor's face》.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.