弁べん髪ぱつ

noun

pigtail; queue; cue

Refers to the traditional Chinese male hairstyle where the front is shaved and the back hair is braided into a long pigtail, historically associated with the Qing dynasty.

• 清しん朝ちょうの男だん性せいは弁べん髪ぱつをしていた。

  Men in the Qing dynasty wore a queue.

• 時じ代だい劇げきで弁べん髪ぱつの人じん物ぶつを見みかける。

  You see characters with a pigtail in period dramas.