- うかぬ
- うかぬ【浮かぬ】gloomy [glum, melancholy] 《face, countenance, look》.
●浮かぬ面持ち a gloomy [grave, glum, long] face; a rueful [melancholy, grave] expression [look, face]
・顔に漂う浮かぬ色 a cloud on the face
・浮かぬ顔をする pull a long face; look blue [unhappy]; look gloomy [dispirited, disheartened, glum]; look troubled; 《口》 look down in the dumps
・一向に浮かぬ顔をして looking not at all pleased [happy]
・浮かぬ顔をしている have a long face; look blue [unhappy]; look gloomy [dispirited, disheartened, depressed, dejected, glum]; look troubled; 《口》 be in the mopes [blues]; be down in the dumps; have (a fit of) the blues [mopes].
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.