生え際

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生 際
は
Grade: 1
きわ > ぎわ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
生際
生えぎわ

Etymology

生え (“growing; sprouting”, stem of 生える (haeru, “to grow; to sprout”)) +‎ 際 (“edge”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はえぎわ [hàégíwá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ha̠e̞ɡʲiɰᵝa̠]

Noun

生(は)え際(ぎわ) • (haegiwa) ←はえぎは (faegifa)?

  1. a hairline (the line along one's forehead where hair starts growing)
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