垂れ髪すべらかし

noun

long flowing hair; hair tied behind and hanging down

Refers to hair that is left long and hanging down, often tied at the nape. In historical contexts, it can denote specific Heian-period hairstyles (すべらかし, すべしがみ) where hair was worn long and straight. Modern usage is literary or descriptive.

• 彼かの女じょの垂たれ髪がみが風かぜに揺ゆれていた。

  Her long flowing hair swayed in the wind.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの女じょ性せいは垂たれ髪がみを美うつくしく整ととのえた。

  Women in the Heian period styled their long, hanging hair beautifully.