White hair - Shiraga

Japanese: 白髪 - しらが

〘 noun 〙 (In ancient times it was "shiraka")① White hair. Hair that has turned white. Hakuhatsu. ※ Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 4.627 "The nobleman who thought he would be my hand sought water and his hair grew white." ※Konjaku (around 1120) 19 "Since I have become a person who does not know what will happen today or tomorrow , I will shave off the little bit of white hair that remains today."② A headgear worn on a child's head in the past to pray for long life at the time of the celebration of the hair-cutting ceremony. A hanging hairpiece made of horns is made from silk thread or cotton, and artificial flowers of pine, bamboo, and plum are attached to it. Shiragawata. ※Goyudono Kami Nikki - November 22, 1589 (Tensho 17) "There is a comb in the house of Wakamiya. I will put a layer of robes on it and make a white cloth for it." ③ Linen given as a wedding gift. It is used as a prayer for long life. White silk thread. ※Kamii Kakukane Nikki - February 12, 1575 (Tensho 3) "When I went to Kyoto last time to ask for leave, I was given a generous amount of white silk."

haku-hatsu [white hair]

〘 noun 〙 White hair. Hair that has turned white. Shiraga. ※Shoku Nihongi - Yoro Year 1 (717), November, Kiu-Chou "Some white hair _{turns black} , some shriveled hair grows back" ※Genpei Seisuiki (before the 14th century), chapter 18 "An old man with white hair came" [Baopuzi - Inner Chapter, Volume 11]

Shiro-kami [white hair]

〘 noun 〙 White hair. Hair that has turned white with age. Shiraga. Hakuhatsu. Shirakami. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 17.3922 "Would it be noble to serve the Emperor while my hair is white as the snow falls?"

Shirakami [white hair]

〘 noun 〙 White god. White god. ※Shinshuui (1364) miscellaneous section, 1774 "I have served the white god in my old age, and I am happy to be able to see him today. (Minamoto Arifusa)"

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (上代は「しらか」か)① 白い毛髪。白くなった毛髪。はくはつ。※万葉（８Ｃ後）四・六二七「吾が手元(たもと)まかむと思はむ大夫(ますらを)は変水(をちみづ)求め白髪生ひにたり」※今昔（1120頃か）一九「今日明日とも不知(しら)ぬ身に罷成にたれば、此の白髪(しらが)の少し残たる今日剃て」② 昔、小児の髪置きの祝いの時に、長寿を祈ってその子どもの頭にかぶせたかぶり物。絹のすが糸、あるいは真綿で、角子の下げ髪をつくり、それに末広松竹梅の造花をつけた。しらがわた。※御湯殿上日記‐天正一七年（1589）一一月二二日「わかみやの御かた御くしおけあり。御ふく一かさね、御しらかの御なかこしらへてまいる」③ 婚礼のおくり物にする麻。長命であることを祈る気持から用いられる。ともしらが。④ 白い絹糸。※上井覚兼日記‐天正三年（1575）二月一二日「上洛之御暇乞に先度御参上之砌、しらか過分に御給被成候」