Japanese

Noun

頬っ辺 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 頰っ邊, hiragana ほっぺた, romaji hoppeta)

1. cheek area, cheek

Derived terms

• 頬 (ほ)っ辺 (ぺた)が落 (お)ちる ‎(hoppeta ga ochiru, “(idiomatic) find something so tasty that one's cheeks fall”)

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3