Amasogi

Japanese: 尼削 - あまそぎ

〘 noun 〙① When a woman who has become a nun cuts her hair to around her shoulders. ※Kurefueshu (1899)〈Usuda Nakisumi〉A nun's red "Don't point out the pretty hair hanging down her nape ." ② To cut a girl's hair like ①. Also, the hairstyle. ※Makura (end of the 10th century) 151 "The head of a young girl who has become a nun is so pretty that she can't even brush her hair away from her eyes, and when she looks at things with her head turned, it's beautiful."

Ama-so-gu [Ama-shave]

〘Ta Ga 4〙 Cutting the ends of the hair into a nun's hairstyle. Making it into a divine offering. ※Eika (around 1028-92) Koromo no Tama "They are extremely beautiful, like divine offering children."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 尼となった人が、肩のあたりで髪を切りそろえること。※暮笛集（1899）〈薄田泣菫〉尼が紅「頸(うなじ)にかかるあまそぎの姿をかしと指ざすな」② 女の子の髪を、①のようにすること。また、その髪形。※枕（１０Ｃ終）一五一「頭(かしら)はあまそぎなる児(ちご)の、目に髪のおほへるをかきはやらで、うちかたぶきて物など見たるもうつくし」