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Emotion & Feeling

ぶすっと

busutto

Sulky, grumpy-looking; or stabbing sharply

Wearing a sulky, sullen expression in silence; also the sound of stabbing deep into something soft.

💡A grumpy teenager at breakfast — 'He's been busutto all morning.'

Example

彼は朝からぶすっとした顔をしている。

He has had a busutto sulky look on his face since morning.

Quiz yourself

She sat there ___ pouting after the argument.

彼は朝から○○した顔をしている。

sulkygrumpymoodysilent
Intermediate