理 容(りよう)

りよう

noun

barbering; hairdressing

1. barbering; hairdressing (at a barbershop)

Cutting and styling hair, and shaving, as done at a barbershop. The formal or official word, used in job titles, shop signs, and regulations.

I got my barber's license.

A new barbershop opened in front of the station.

In Japan, barbering and beauty hairdressing are separate national licenses.

床屋(とこや): barbershop (everyday word)
美容(びよう): beauty care; a 美容院(びよういん) is a beauty salon. In Japan a barber (理容(りよう)) may shave with a razor and a beautician (美容(びよう)) traditionally may not, and the two hold different licenses.

利用(りよう) (use, utilization) has the same reading and is far more common.

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