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Pronouncing Urizanegao

瓜実顔 (urizanegao: oval or classic face (e.g., of a beautiful woman))     melon + seed + face

Urizanegao is a puzzler, in terms of pronunciation. When I look at this word, I want to say uriza negao, bringing to mind the author Tess Uriza Holthe and negau (願う: to request). So this compound would have to do with requesting something of that author! Instead, the word breaks down as uri-zane-gao.

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