Word Meaning 髪上げ

かみあげ kamiage

髪上げ is read as かみあげ (kamiage) and means coming-of-age ceremony where 12 to 13-year-old girls get their long hair tied up.

Meaning

English

  1. coming-of-age ceremony where 12 to 13-year-old girls get their long hair tied up
  2. wearing one's hair up
  3. wearing one's hair up with a hairpin (type of hairstyle used by court ladies)

Reading

Kana

かみあげ

Romaji

kamiage

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 142513 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

髪を上げる

かみをあげる

to put up one's hair

かみ

hair (on the head)

髪形

かみがた

hair style

値上げ

ねあげ

price increase

引き上げ

ひきあげ

repatriation

打ち上げ

うちあげ

party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (run of performances, etc.)

利上げ

りあげ

increase in interest rates

上手投げ

うわてなげ

a throw using the outside of the arm

格上げ

かくあげ

status elevation

積み上げ

つみあげ

piling up

髪の毛

かみのけ

hair (of the head)