髪留め

Japanese

Kanji in this term
髪	留
かみ Grade: S	と > ど Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
髮留め (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 髪(かみ) (kami) + 留(と)め (tome). The tome changes to dome as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

髪(かみ)留(ど)め • (kamidome) 

1. item that holds hair in place

Hyponyms

• ヘアピン (heapin), ピン留(ど)め (pindome): hairpin
• ヘアゴム (hea-gomu), 髪(かみ)ゴム (kami-gomu): hair tie