おくれげ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
後れ毛後毛 (dated) おくれ毛

Etymology

Literally "late hair", referring to hair that has grown late.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おくれげ [òkúrégé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) おくれげ [òkúréꜜgè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ɡe̞]

Noun

おくれげ • (okurege)

hair that is too short to be tied up; straggling hair

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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