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つけまつげ Japanese meaning | Kotomora

つけまつげ

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Meanings

1

noun

false eyelashes

usually written using kana alone

Refers to artificial eyelashes worn for cosmetic purposes. Commonly abbreviated as つけま in casual speech.

パーティーのために初はじめてつけまつげを買かった。
I bought false eyelashes for the first time for the party.
つけまつげを付つけるのに時じ間かんがかかる。
It takes time to put on false eyelashes.

Written forms

つけまつげUsage43%
Kana spelling is standard; usually written in kana.
つけまつ毛げUsage27%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common than pure kana.
付つけまつげUsage11%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common than pure kana.
つけ睫毛まつげUsage

5%

Kanji spelling using 睫毛; rarely used in practice.

付つけ睫毛まつげUsage5%

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Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.

付つけまつ毛げUsage5%

search-only kanji form

Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.

付つけ睫まつげUsage3%

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Search-only kanji form using the non-jōyō kanji 睫; not a standard spelling.

Kanji

毛fur, hair, feather
付adhere, attach, refer to
睫eyelashes

Similar words

まつげ
Means natural eyelashes, while つけまつげ specifically refers to false, artificial eyelashes.
つけま
Casual abbreviation of つけまつげ, commonly used in everyday conversation and beauty contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 付け (tsuke, 'attaching') + まつげ (matsuge, 'eyelashes'), literally 'attach eyelashes'.