ぼんのくぼ

expression, noun

hollow at the nape of the neck

Refers to the slight depression at the back of the neck, often considered an attractive feature. The word is a set phrase, literally 'hollow of the tray'.

• 彼かの女じょは髪かみをアップにして、ぼんのくぼを見みせていた。

  She put her hair up, showing the hollow at the nape of her neck.

expression, noun

toddler's shaved hairstyle with a tuft at the nape (Edo period)

Archaic term for a historical children's hairstyle where most of the head was shaved, leaving a small patch of hair at the nape. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの浮うき世よ絵えには、ぼんのくぼにした幼よう児じが描えがかれている。

  Ukiyo-e prints from the Edo period depict toddlers with the shaved hairstyle leaving a tuft at the nape.