むだげ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
無駄毛 むだ毛 ムダ毛

Etymology

From 無駄(むだ) (muda) + 毛(け) (ke). The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むだげ [mùdágé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟da̠ɡe̞]

Noun

むだげ or ムダげ • (mudage) ^{←むだげ (mudage)?}

1. unwanted and troublesome hairs, such as arm hair and facial hair