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brown-dyed hair, light-brown hair
Hair that has been dyed brown or light brown. In Japan, where most people have naturally black hair, dyeing one's hair brown became a widespread fashion trend starting in the 1990s. The term can carry slight nuances of casualness or rebelliousness depending on context.
高校生の茶髪は校則で禁止されている。
Brown-dyed hair for high school students is prohibited by school rules.
彼女は茶髪にイメージチェンジした。
She changed her look by dyeing her hair brown.
就活のために茶髪を黒に戻す学生が多い。
Many students dye their brown hair back to black for job hunting.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 茶髪にする: to dye one's hair brown
- 茶髪を黒に戻す: to dye brown hair back to black
- 茶髪禁止: ban on brown hair
CULTURAL CONTEXT:
茶髪 became a major fashion trend in the 1990s and remains common. Many Japanese schools and workplaces have rules against it, viewing it as inappropriate. Students with naturally lighter hair have sometimes been asked to dye it black, sparking social debate. The word combines 茶 (tea/brown) and 髪 (hair), with the rendaku-like reading ぱつ.