ひげ

ひげ · hige · JLPT N4 · noun

beard

ひげ — beard

🧔 hige sounds like HE-GEts a beard: he + ge(t), two short beats

Say it as hee-geh, with a hard g as in get. Verbal hook: HE GEts whiskers. ひげ covers all facial hair: beard, moustache and even a cat's whiskers, so one word does the job of three English ones.

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