noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
tonsure; cutting one's hair to enter a monastery
Buddhist term for the ritual cutting of hair when becoming a monk or nun. Also used as a suru-verb.
彼は出家するために落髪した。
He had his head shaved to enter the priesthood.
落髪の儀式は厳かに行
The tonsure ceremony was conducted solemnly.