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馬面 I found it translated as: `a horseface, a very long face; horse-faced, very
long-faced`. Now here we call "long face" to be really sad. So in the
translation, I don't know if 馬面 is referring to a facial expression of the
face, or to some type of odd face shape people can have. Therefore my question
is, is 馬面 an expression or a type of face?
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Is [馬面]{うまづら} a facial expression or a type of face shape?
I searched for the meaning in Japanese (googled 馬面の意味) and got the following:

> 馬の顔のように長い顔。

From this, I feel that it is safe to assume that by 'long face' they were
talking about the physical shape of the face, not the English idiom.

For more information, I'd look at the following page:

<https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E9%A6%AC%E9%9D%A2>

<https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/20301/meaning/m0u/>

Especially with regards to the second source I've included, it should be noted
that this term is considered to be a jeering comment. Not that this is part of
your question, but I would **NOT** use it to describe your significant other
or close friends.
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