ひげ・髭・鬚・髯hige[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounmoustache; mustache; beard; whiskers; sideburns; facial hairin careful usage 髭 for moustache, 鬚 for beard, 髯 for (cheek) whiskers
    Dad is shaving in the bathroom.
  2. nounwhiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); (chin) tuft
  3. noun, financeshadow (on a candlestick chart)usu. ヒゲ
Japanese definitions
  1. 人間にんげんの体毛たいもうのうち、主ぬしとして男性だんせいの顔かおに生はえるものの総称そうしょう。生はえる場所ばしょにより以下いかのように書き分かきわける。
  2. 口くちの周まわり: 髭(くちひげ)ひげ
  3. 顎あご: 鬚(あごひげ)ひげ
  4. 頬ほお: 髯(ほおひげ)ひげ
  5. 1.のように見みえるもの
  6. 動物どうぶつの口くちの周まわりに生はえている毛状もうじょうの突起物とっきぶつ。
  7. 昆虫こんちゅうの触角しょっかく。
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