散切ざんぎり頭あたま

noun

cropped head; close-cropped hairstyle

Refers to the short, Western-influenced haircut adopted by men in the early Meiji period, replacing the traditional topknot. Now a historical term.

• 散ざん切ぎり頭あたまを叩たたいてみれば文ぶん明めい開かい化かの音おとがする。

  If you tap a cropped head, you hear the sound of civilization and enlightenment.

• 明めい治じ初しょ期き、多おおくの男だん性せいが散ざん切ぎり頭あたまにした。

  In the early Meiji period, many men adopted the cropped hairstyle.