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１０円ハゲ (じゅうえんはげ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

１０円じゅうえんハゲ

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Meanings

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noun

coin-sized bald spot; 10-yen baldness

colloquial

Colloquial term for a small, round bald patch, likened to the size of a 10-yen coin. Often used for alopecia areata (円形脱毛症).

See also: 円形脱毛症

最さい近きん、頭あたまに１０円えんハゲができてしまった。
Recently, I got a coin-sized bald spot on my head.

１０円えんハゲはストレスが原げん因いんとも言いわれる。

They say 10-yen baldness can be caused by stress.

Written forms

１０円じゅうえんハゲ
Common colloquial spelling using the numeral 10 and katakana ハゲ.
十じゅう円えんハゲ
Kanji spelling for 十円; less common than the numeral form.
十じゅう円えん禿はげ
Uses the kanji 禿げ for baldness; rare and somewhat formal or literary.

Kanji

円circle, yen, round
十ten
禿become bald, bare, wear out

Similar words

円えん形けい脱だつ毛もう症しょう
Medical term for alopecia areata; １０円ハゲ is the casual, everyday equivalent.

Etymology

Compound of １０円 (jū-en, '10 yen') and ハゲ (hage, 'baldness'), from the resemblance of the round bald patch to a 10-yen coin.