むだげ

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)  (historical kana むだげ)

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