け
Meanings
Noun
1. hair
My hair has been getting thin lately.
2. fur; wool
The color of that rabbit's fur is black like the night sky.
3. down; plumage; feathers
Cygnets are covered in gray down.
Pitch accent
け
Used in vocabulary (52 in total)
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
hair (on the head); (a) hair
Edo-period inspection of rice plants
densely covered in thick hair; hairy; fuzzy
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
antipathy; prejudice
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
grooming oneself (esp. animals); mutual grooming (e.g. monkeys); social grooming; personal grooming
woollen fabric; woollen cloth
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
bundle of hair; hair tuft
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
pore (of the skin)
damn Westerner
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
body hair
horsehair crab (Erimacrus isenbeckii); hairy crab
(artificial) fly; fly lure
slight amount; just a hair; (lit.) hair of a rabbit
pubic hair
keyari; long, feathered ornamental spear carried at the head of a daimyo's procession
flock; (bits of) down
tips of one's hair; hair ends
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
hairy; thickly haired; shaggy
hair or fur on the surface of fabric; pile; growth of hair; hairy legs
woollen material; woollen goods or fabric
hairy; furry
fine, soft hair
hair; hairline; minor details; comb lines in hair; comb tracks
glossy hair; glossy fur; glossy coat (on an animal)
pubic hair
pubic hair
hairy legs
(hair) tweezers; nippers
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
crab louse (Pthirus pubis); crab lice; pubic louse; pubic lice
fleece lining
single, long white (or translucent) body hair (said to bring good luck according to folklore)
feather duster
feather duster
fur-lined
Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air)
brush for dusting off clothes
fur hat; wool hat
buttock hair
shearing; cutting hair or wool
stone for cutting one's pubic hair (in public baths)(Edo period)
small animal with soft fur
Examples (17 in total)
Rabbit fur was adhering to it.
A chick's down is fluffy.
It is soft like a cat's fur.