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鬢びん 削そぎ

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鬢削びんそぎ

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びんそぎ
Meaning
    1. cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867)
Kanji
鬢 ビン sideburns 削 サク plane, sharpen, whittle
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削そぐ

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Inflections of 削ぐ
そぐ
Meaning
    1. ①
      to chip (off); to shave off; to slice off; to cut off
    2. ②
      to sharpen
    3. ③
      to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce; to diminish; to weaken; to spoil
      雨あめのために彼かれらは気力きりょくをそがれた。
      The rain dampened their spirits.
Kanji
削 サク plane, sharpen, whittle
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