1.
baldness; bald head
the state of having no hair on the head, or a bald spot
頭が禿げてきた。
My head is going bald.
父は若いころから禿を気にしていた。
My father has been self-conscious about his baldness since he was young.
最近頭頂部に禿ができてきたので、育毛剤を使い始めた。
Since a bald spot has started forming on the top of my head recently, I started using hair growth tonic.
2.
bare spot; barren patch
a patch of ground or surface with no vegetation or covering
山に禿ができている。
There is a bare spot on the mountain.
芝生の禿た部分に種をまいた。
I sowed seeds on the bare patch of the lawn.
森林伐採で山腹に大きな禿ができ、土砂崩れの危険が高まった。
Deforestation created large bare patches on the mountainside, increasing the risk of landslides.
Can refer to both human baldness and bare patches on landscapes. When used about people, this word is considered direct and can be rude or insulting — handle with care in conversation. The verb form 禿げる means "to go bald" or "to become bare."
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 禿頭: bald head
- 禿ができる: a bald/bare spot forms
- 丸禿: completely bald
- 禿山: treeless mountain
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 薄毛: thinning hair — a more polite and indirect way to refer to hair loss
- 脱毛: hair loss — medical or clinical term
- 禿げる: to go bald/become bare — the verb form