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black hair
Naturally black hair, often with connotations of beauty and elegance in Japanese culture.
彼女は美しい黒髪をしている。
She has beautiful black hair.
最近は黒髪ストレートが人気だ。
Straight black hair has been popular recently.
長い黒髪を風になびかせて歩く姿が印象的だった。
The sight of her walking with her long black hair flowing in the wind was striking.
Composed of 黒 (black) + 髪 (hair). In Japanese culture, 黒髪 has traditionally been associated with beauty and elegance, especially in literature and poetry. The word carries more aesthetic weight than simply saying 黒い髪 (black-colored hair).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 美しい黒髪: beautiful black hair
- 長い黒髪: long black hair
- 黒髪ストレート: straight black hair
- 艶やかな黒髪: glossy black hair
- 黒髪に戻す: to go back to black hair (after dyeing)
CULTURAL NOTE:
In traditional Japanese aesthetics, long, straight 黒髪 was considered the ideal of feminine beauty. This image persists in modern culture, though hair dyeing is now very common.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 白髪: gray hair, white hair — often a sign of aging
- 金髪: blond hair — natural or dyed
- 茶髪: brown-dyed hair — common among Japanese youth