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ムダ毛 (むだげ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ムダ毛げ

む

だ

げ

Meanings

1

noun

unwanted hair; superfluous hair

Commonly used in beauty and grooming contexts for body hair one wishes to remove.

夏なつに向むけてムダ毛げの処しょ理りを始はじめた。
I started dealing with unwanted hair for the summer.
ムダ毛げが気きになる季き節せつになった。
It's the season when unwanted hair bothers me.

Written forms

ムダ毛げUsage52%
Common mixed kanji-katakana spelling; ムダ is often written in katakana for emphasis.
無む駄だ毛げUsage35%
Standard kanji spelling; less common than ムダ毛 in everyday use.
むだ毛げUsage13%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard written variant.

徒むだ毛げ

rarely-used kanji form

Rarely used kanji form; 徒 is an ateji for むだ.

Kanji

毛fur, hair, feather
無nothingness, none, ain't
駄burdensome, pack horse, horse load
徒on foot, junior, emptiness

Similar words

体たい毛もう
体毛 is a neutral term for body hair, while ムダ毛 specifically refers to hair considered unnecessary or undesirable.
産うぶ毛げ
産毛 refers to fine, soft hair (vellus hair) often present from birth, whereas ムダ毛 is any hair deemed unwanted, regardless of type.

Etymology

Compound of 無駄 (むだ, 'useless, wasteful') and 毛 (け, 'hair'), with rendaku voicing け → げ.