Hair clipper

Japanese: hair clipper(英語表記)hairclipper
Hair clipper

…The name hair clipper comes from the fact that in 1883, Keitaro Nagata, who worked at the Paris Embassy, ​​brought back a product as a souvenir and introduced it to the public, which was made by the French firm Bariquand & Marea. It became popular at the end of the Meiji period. In English, it is called a hair clipper. The main part of the blade consists of two comb-shaped blades stacked one on top of the other, with the lower blade fixed and the upper blade moving back and forth to use the bite of the two blades to pinch and cut the hair that gets caught in the comb-shaped part. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "hair clipper" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…バリカンの名称は,1883年パリ公使館勤務の長田桂太郎がみやげとして持ち帰って紹介した製品が,フランスのBariquand & Marea商会のものであったことに由来し,明治末期から一般に普及した。英語ではヘアクリッパーhair clipperという。刃の要部は上下に重ねられた櫛形状の二枚刃から成り,下刃は固定,上刃の往復運動によって両者の嚙合せを利用し,櫛形の部分に入った毛を挟み切る。…

※「hair clipper」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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