切きり髪かみ

noun

cut hair; haircut

General term for hair that has been cut, or the act of cutting hair. Can refer to trimmed locks or a haircut.

• 床とこ屋やで切きり髪かみを掃そう除じしてもらった。

  I had the cut hair cleaned up at the barber.

• 切きり髪かみが肩かたに落おちている。

  Cut hair is falling on my shoulders.

noun

widow's short hairstyle (Edo–Meiji)

Historical term for a short hairstyle worn by widows from the early modern period through the Meiji era. Not used in modern everyday language.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、未み亡ぼう人じんは切きり髪かみにすることが多おおかった。

  In the Edo period, widows often wore their hair in the kirigami style.