両りょう鬢びん

noun

sideburns; hair at the sides of the head

Refers to the hair growing on the sides of the head, particularly the area in front of the ears. The synonym 双鬢 is also used.

See also: 双鬢

• 彼かれは両りょう鬢びんを短みじかく刈かり上あげている。

  He has his sideburns trimmed short.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの武ぶ士しは両りょう鬢びんを剃そり上あげるのが一いっ般ぱん的てきだった。

  It was common for samurai in the Edo period to shave the hair at the sides of the head.