わきげ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
脇毛 腋毛

Etymology

From 脇(わき) (waki) + 毛(け) (ke). The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠kʲiɡe̞]

Noun

わきげ • (wakige) 

1. armpit hair; underarm hair