ひげ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. moustache; beard; whiskers
in careful usage 髭 for moustache, 鬚 for beard, 髯 for (cheek) whiskers
2. whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); (chin) tuft
3. shadow (on a candlestick chart)
usu. ヒゲ
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (55 in total)
grey moustache; white beard
moustache; mustache
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to grow a beard
small mustache; short mustache
moustache; mustache
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
whiskers; sideburns; sideboards
false moustache
to grow a beard
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
shaving; shaver
bristly beard; bristly mustache
red beard; person with a red beard; Westerner; Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
dense beard; thick beard
use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)
drooping moustache
finely trimmed moustache
finely trimmed moustache
moustache; mustache
black beard; type of noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin
tendril
dense beard; thick beard
drooping moustache
dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)
goatee; drooping moustache
grey moustache; white beard
handlebar mustache
dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)
moustache; mustache
whalebone; baleen
long and abundant moustache
baleen whale; whalebone whale; mysticete
(crystal) whisker
(crystal) whisker
box-and-whisker plot; box-and-whisker diagram; box plot; boxplot
beard worm (any worm of phylum Pogonophora)
chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus); lammergeier
box-and-whisker plot; box-and-whisker diagram; box plot; boxplot
collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla)
balance spring; hairspring
to flatter a higher-up; to suck up to; to curry favour; (lit.) to brush the dirt from a beard
to flatter a higher-up; (lit.) to brush the dirt from a beard
beard trimmer
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sickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period)
sickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period)
Examples (4 in total)
He's young, but he has a white beard.
Tom shaves every morning.
Your beard makes you look old.