Where does “素っぴん” come from?

素っぴん (Japanese) comes from Japanese 素っ — prefixes nouns, adjectives for intensification.

素っぴん (Japanese): woman's face with no make-up

Definitions

  1. woman's face with no make-up

Ancestry of “素っぴん”, step by step

素っぴん traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 素っ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese素っprefixes nouns, adjectives for intensification

via Japanese 嬪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese嬪—
Every word from Japanese 素っ →