毛（け）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: hair/fur
Example sentences
- うちの猫は毛が長い。 — My cat has long fur.
- セーターに毛がついている。 — There's fur stuck to the sweater.
Idioms & proverbs containing “毛”
- 女の髪の毛には大象も繋がる (おんなのかみのけにはたいぞうもつながる) — no man can resist the lure of a woman
- 紅毛碧眼 (こうもうへきがん) — red-haired and blue-eyed (person); a Westerner
- 碧眼紅毛 (へきがんこうもう) — blue eyes and red hair; Westerner
- 亀毛兎角 (きもうとかく) — things that do not exist; fur on turtles, horns on rabbits
- 兎角亀毛 (とかくきもう) — things that do not exist; horns on rabbits, fur on turtles
- 連銭葦毛 (れんぜんあしげ) — dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “毛” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)