禿げる

はげる

Also written ハゲる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to lose hair; to become bald
2. to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)

Kanji

• 禿 become bald; bare; wear out. Read as はげる.

Example sentences

• 雨に当たってペンキがはげている。
  The paint is peeling off the weather-beaten wall.
• ペンキがすぐはげてしまう。
  This paint comes off easily.
• あんまり心配すると禿げるよ。
  Don't worry too much, or you'll go bald.
• 私は、若いうちに禿げたくない。
  I don't want to go bald when I'm still young.
• 彼はとても若くして頭がはげ始めた。
  He started going bald quite young.

Words containing 禿げる

• 禿げ上がる (はげあがる) to become bald from the forehead
• 禿げ茶瓶 (はげちゃびん) bald head

Word lists

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