禿()げる

はげる
verb (ichidan, intransitive)
to go bald; to lose hair; to become bare
自動詞 intransitivebody-partchange
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present禿()げる禿()げない
Present polite禿()げます禿()げません
Past禿()げた禿()げなかった
Past polite禿()げました禿()げませんでした
て form禿()げて禿()げなくて
ている present禿()げている禿()げていない
ている polite禿()げています禿()げていません
ている past禿()げていた禿()げていなかった
ている past polite禿()げていました禿()げていませんでした
Conditional ば禿()げれば禿()げなければ
Conditional たら禿()げたら禿()げなかったら
Volitional禿()げよう
Volitional polite禿()げましょう
Potential禿()げられる禿()げられない
Passive禿()げられる禿()げられない
Causative禿()げさせる禿()げさせない
Imperative禿()げろ禿()げるな
1. to go bald; to lose hair
To lose hair from the head, resulting in baldness. Can describe gradual thinning or complete hair loss.
(ちち)(わか)(ころ)から禿()げていた
My father was bald from a young age.
ストレス(あたま)禿()げそうだ。
I'm so stressed I feel like I'm going to go bald.
I feel like my hairline has been receding lately.
2. to become bare; to wear off; to peel
For surfaces like mountains, paint, or coatings to become stripped or bare, losing their covering.
ペンキ禿()げている
The paint has peeled off.
The trees on the mountain were felled and it became bare.
After years of use, the coating has started to wear off.

An ichidan (一段(いちだん)) verb. Also written without kanji as はげる. The kanji 禿()げ can be sensitive as a noun referring to a bald person — use with care in conversation.

Common collocations

Related words

  • 禿()げ: bald; bald person (noun) — can be considered rude
  • 薄毛(うすげ): thinning hair — a more polite, euphemistic term
  • 脱毛(だつもう): hair loss; hair removal — clinical/medical term
  • ()がれる: to peel off, come off — used for labels, stickers, surfaces