beard, mustache

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ひげ

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Common Words

ヒゲNounUsually kanaFreq #8649
1

In careful usage 髭 for moustache, 鬚 for beard, 髯 for (cheek) whiskers

moustache; mustache; beard; whiskers; sideburns

Examples
お父さんがバスルームでひげを剃っている。
Dad is shaving in the bathroom.
2

whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); (chin) tuft

3

Finance; Usu. ヒゲ

shadow (on a candlestick chart)

口ひげ口髭ちひげ口髯口鬚NounFreq #32075
1

moustache; mustache

Examples
口髭は鼻の下にはえる。
A mustache grows on the upper lip.
ひげ顎髭顎鬚NounUsually kanaFreq #37729
1

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

Examples
あごひげが、ある為に彼は10歳ほど実際よりふけてみえた。
His beard made him look older by ten years.
白髭白ひげ白鬚しろひげNounFreq #49909
1

grey moustache; gray mustache

2

white beard

ひげを生やす鬚を生やすひげをはやすExpressionGodan verbFreq #80501
1

to grow a beard

Examples
ひげを生やしているせいなのか、一見怖そうなのに、実はやさしい人だ。
Possibly because he's got a beard, he looks scary at first glance but he's really a kind man.
げもじゃ髭もじゃ鬚もじゃ髯もじゃ~の Adj.Usually kanaFreq #81023
1

bearded

赤ひげ赤髭かひげ赤鬚NounFreq #86399
1

red beard; person with a red beard

2

Derogatory

Westerner

3

Word usually written using kana alone

Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)

青ひげ青髭青ヒゲおひげ青髯NounFreq #108900
1

Kabuki

use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks

鬚髯ゅぜんNounFreq #121857
1

mustache and beard

らひげ虎髭虎髯虎鬚こしゅ (虎鬚)こぜん (虎髯)NounFreq #159562
1

Word usually written using kana alone

bristly beard; bristly mustache

2

こしゅ/こぜん only

tiger whiskers

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