顔映し

Etymology
Appears in sources from the late.

Compound of.

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Note that in modern Japanese was historically pronounced, shifting to  and then to  by the 11th century. When combined with, the shifted to become  +. This appears to be the only word where the final -o in kawo shifted to -a; this may have been influenced by the initial -a- in hayushi.

Adjective

 * 1)  red-faced
 * 2)  embarrassed, guilty of conscience
 * 3) * c. 1120: Konjaku Monogatarishū 19.9
 * 然レドモ極テカハゝユク思エテ、此ノ事ヲ人ニ不云ズシテ耄ケ行ク程ニ