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
Kanji used
beard
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (39 in total)
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
moustache; mustache
black beard; type of noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin
grey moustache; white beard
red beard; person with a red beard; Westerner; Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
small mustache; short mustache
handlebar mustache
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
false moustache
dense beard; thick beard
whiskers; sideburns; sideboards
moustache; mustache
bristly beard; bristly mustache
dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)
finely trimmed moustache
long and abundant moustache
drooping moustache
drooping moustache
drooping moustache
shaving; shaver
goatee; drooping moustache
to flatter a higher-up; (lit.) to brush the dirt from a beard
to flatter a higher-up; (lit.) to brush the dirt from a beard
to flatter a higher-up; to suck up to; to curry favour; (lit.) to brush the dirt from a beard
box-and-whisker plot; box-and-whisker diagram; box plot; boxplot
to flatter a higher-up; to suck up to; to curry favour; (lit.) to brush the dirt from a beard
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collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla)
ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita)
chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
beard trimmer
bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus); lammergeier
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.