むだげ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
無駄毛
むだ毛
ムダ毛

Etymology

From 無駄(むだ) (muda) + 毛(け) (ke). The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) むだげ [mùdágé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝda̠ɡe̞]

Noun

むだげ or ムダげ • (mudage) ←むだげ (mudage)?

  1. unwanted and troublesome hairs, such as arm hair and facial hair

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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