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In [無情のスキャッツ from 人間椅子](https://youtu.be/CbI79e5iZKs), there's the following
line, around 2'41":

> 私の額{ぬか}にも微笑をくれ

The furigana are from the video's subtitles, which are **not** automatically
generated by Youtube, so this is definitely intended by the authors.

I couldn't find any reference confirming that `額` had any readings other than
`ひたい` and `がく`. Also, I thought it could be a play on word (1) of some kind,
but I couldn't find any word that reads `ぬか` that would make any sense.

What could be the meaning of reading `額` `ぬか` in this context?

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(1) _You know, that thing when you attach totally different furigana to a word
to express the true meaning of that word in a context, like`地球{ここ}`, but I
forgot how it's called_
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Alternative reading of 額
ぬか is an old-fashioned reading of 額, which is commonly ひたい today. That
information is pretty easy to find if you type in both 額 and ぬか in a search
engine.

At the bottom I believe you're talking about 当て字(ateji), but that is not
relevant to the 額 question.
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