Meanings
- JapaneseuncountablefictionEyes slanted upward on the outside.
tsurime eyes
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Borrowing the language of America's culture wars, online critics condemned the depiction as "politically/racially correct" for reproducing what they deemed racially offensive western orientalist tropes by depicting the character with "tsurime" (slanted eyes) and black hair.
[2023 July 28, “The Matter of Hāfu Lives”, in Helaine Selin, Kimiko Tanaka, editors, Sustainability, Diversity, and Equality: Key Challenges for Japan, →ISBN, page 321A very specific MadoMagi pet peeve of mine is when people draw Madoka with tsurime eyes (sharp eyes). Madoka has super round eyes!!!
2025 November 17, @homuffinz, X (post), archived from the original on 16 May 2026 - JapanuncountablecosmeticsA makeup style, similar to pien and associated with jirai kei, drawn with tsurime.
i'm so obsessed with tsurime makeup i want to do more and more but i'm so sleepy eepy
2026 January 9, @erohimekaiju, X (post), archived from the original on 16 May 20262 more examples
I think we should add more makeup styles to jirai kei. Pien and tsurime makeup looks so cute, but I feel like we could have so many more options !!
2025 December 29, @kouuzyyy, X (post), archived from the original on 16 May 2026to my jiraitwt oomfs do u do tsurime or pien makeup? i personally do pien (* ´ ▽ ` *)
2026 April 15, @idoihrt, X (post), archived from the original on 16 May 2026
Origin
- Japaneseつりめ
- Japaneseつりめ
- Englishtsurime
Borrowed from Japanese つりめ.
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tsurime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tsurime
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