The one that struck me the most was: "Sanpaku 三白 literally means “three” 三 “white” 白. It is used to describe eyes positioned in such a way that the iris does n

The one that struck me the most was: "Sanpaku 三白 literally means “three” 三 “white” 白. It is used to describe eyes positioned in such a way that the iris does not touch the bottom eyelid, showing how the sclera is all connected." (if you google for 三白 images you will find many examples). I thought it odd that a language needed a word for something like this (shades of the myth about Eskimos having hundreds of word for snow), so I asked my Calligraphy teacher about this (she is Japanese). Specifically, I just asked her: I mean, "the fact that someone is looking at you in a way that a slim portion of the white of their eyes is showing either below or over the iris" is something that is often a topic of discussion? Her answer: Not really, but in the past, people defined it as a criminal face and didn't really like it. Nowadays it seems like it's a part of beauty. They put Audrey Hepburn as an example. (also, you would probably write 三白眼, - Just 三白 would be, "the snow falls on the first three days of the year" - or a horse with three white legs, like https://images.app.goo.gl/JBU1d9bQaAYmVVfj9 https://images.app.goo.gl/JBU1d9bQaAYmVVfj9 )