髪はっ膚ぷ

noun

hair and skin; body

Dated literary term for the physical body, often with a nuance of the body as a gift from one's parents. Almost exclusively used in the set phrase 身体髪膚 (しんたいはっぷ).

See also: 身体髪膚

• 「身しん体たい髪はっ膚ぷこれを父ふ母ぼに受うく」という教おしえがある。

  There is a teaching that 'the body, hair, and skin are received from one's parents.'