おかっぱ

noun

bobbed hair; bob cut

A traditional Japanese hairstyle for girls, cut straight around the head at chin level. The name comes from its resemblance to the mythical kappa's hair style.

See also: 河童

• 彼かの女じょは髪かみをおかっぱにしている。

  She wears her hair in a bob.

• 昔むかしの少しょう女じょはよくおかっぱ頭あたまだった。

  Girls in the old days often had bobbed hair.