fukurettsura ふくれっ面

In Japanese, fukurettsura ふくれっ面 refers to someone's face when they puff out their cheeks.

Character: Hina-ichigo 雛苺
Anime: Rozen Maiden, ローゼンメイデン (Episode 5)

In anime, girls with their cheeks puffed out are considered cute (moe 萌え), and such images are said often to be of girls pouting, that is, they look like this when they're angry, or annoyed, or frustrated.

See "pouting" in Japanese for details.

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