Illustration: At a Japanese family's breakfast table, a bearded grandfather has just bitten into a flaky pastry. Several crumbs cling to the thick hair around his chin and upper lip. His granddaughter leans across the table with a small handheld mirror, trying to show him exactly where they have landed.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ひげ

hige

facial hair, beard

Example sentences

  1. 髭ひげ剃そりがまだなんだ。

    I still haven’t shaved.

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  2. 私わたしは毎朝まいあさ髭ひげを剃そる。

    I shave every morning.

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  3. 髭ひげがあると老ふけて見みえるよ。

    Your beard makes you look old.

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