くせげ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
癖毛
くせ毛

Etymology

From 癖(くせ) (kuse, “peculiarity”) + 毛(け) (ke, “hair”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くせげ [kùségé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟se̞ɡe̞]

Noun

くせげ • (kusege) ←くせげ (kusege)?

  1. hair that isn't straight; kinky or mildly curly hair

Usage notes

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Michael Carr (1983), "A Lexical Ghost Story: *Vicious hair"
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