髪（かみ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: hair
Example sentences
- 久しぶりに美容院で髪を切った。 — I got my hair cut at the salon for the first time in a while.
- 彼女は髪がとても長い。 — Her hair is very long.
Idioms & proverbs containing “髪”
- 幸運の女神は前髪しかない (こううんのめがみはまえがみしかない) — opportunity has hair in front, but behind she is bald; opportunity only knocks once
- 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
- 身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり (しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり) — filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
- 危機一髪 (ききいっぱつ) — by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
- 身体髪膚 (しんたいはっぷ) — entire human body; every inch of one's body
- 怒髪衝天 (どはつしょうてん) — being in a towering rage; boiling with rage
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “髪” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)