Word details
鬢削ぎ
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 鬢削ぎ.
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Entry
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cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
鬢
sideburns
24 strokes
On
ビンヒン
削
plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave
9 strokesFrequency 814JLPT N1Grade 8
On
サク
Kun
けず.るはつ.るそ.ぐ
Nanori
げ
枇
loquat, spoon
8 strokesGrade 9
On
ビヒ
曽
formerly, once, before, ever, never, ex-
11 strokesFrequency 1,320Grade 8
On
ソウソゾウ
Kun
かつかつてすなわち
木
tree, wood
4 strokesFrequency 317JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ボクモク
Kun
きこ-
Nanori
ぐももと
除
exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except
10 strokesFrequency 594JLPT N2Grade 6
On
ジョジ
Kun
のぞ.く-よ.け
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