カチューシャ
かちゅーしゃ
noun
headband
1.
headband, hair band
A curved band worn over the head to hold hair back. In English this is called a headband or Alice band.
カチューシャをつける。
To put on a headband.
赤いカチューシャが似合っている。
The red headband looks good on you.
前髪が邪魔なので、カチューシャで上げている。
My bangs are in the way, so I'm holding them up with a headband.
ETYMOLOGY:
Named after the character Katyusha (カチューシャ) in Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection," who wore a headband in a famous early 20th-century Japanese stage adaptation. The name stuck as the Japanese word for this type of hair accessory.
USAGE:
カチューシャ specifically refers to a rigid or semi-rigid curved headband, not a fabric elastic band (ヘアバンド or ヘアゴム).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- カチューシャをつける: to put on a headband
- カチューシャを外す: to take off a headband
- うさ耳カチューシャ: bunny-ear headband