髪はつ

noun

hair

Bound form used only in the set phrase 間髪を入れず (かんはつをいれず), meaning 'without a moment's delay' or 'in the nick of time'. Not used independently in modern Japanese.

See also: 間髪を入れず

• 「間かん髪はつを入いれず」という表ひょう現げんで、髪はつは「はつ」と読よむ。

  In the expression 間髪を入れず, 髪 is read as はつ.

• 彼かれは間かん髪はつを入いれずに反はん論ろんした。

  He retorted without a moment's delay.