also: ひがさ
noun
conical hat made of hinoki cypress
A traditional Japanese hat woven from thin strips of hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood, often worn by travelers or monks for sun and rain protection.
昔の旅人は檜笠をかぶって歩いた。
Travelers in the old days walked wearing a hinoki cypress hat.
この檜笠は軽くて雨に強い。
This hinoki hat is light and resistant to rain.
Variant using the simplified form 桧 for hinoki.
Abbreviated reading ひがさ, restricted to 桧笠 and 檜笠 spellings.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in everyday writing.
Explicit spelling including 木; rarely used.
Explicit spelling with simplified 桧 and 木; rarely used.
Compound of 檜 (hinoki, 'Japanese cypress') and 笠 (kasa, 'conical hat'). The reading ひがさ is a contraction of ひのきがさ.