![]() ![]() (Remember, "hoo" means cheek so hoo-hige is the part of the sideburn that starts extending outward over your cheek.) The part of the sideburn that is directly beside your ear is called momiage もみあげ ( ). In Japanese "sideburns" get separated into two different categories. It's not exactly the same thing as sideburns, however. Hoo-hige is facial hair grown on the sides of the face and in front of the ears. Not surprisingly, this is called Fuji-hige 富士髯 ( ふじひげ ). Nothing says "I love Japan" more than trimming the hair on your chin into the shape of Mt. The most famous style of this is most likely to be the "goatee" and is translated into yagi-hige 山羊髯 ( やぎひげ ) (goat beard). Let's take a look at some of the more interesting ones.Īgo-hige is the collection of facial hair grown on the chin, upper lip, lower cheeks, and neck. There are other types of hige out there besides these, of course. the "Kaiser mustache" is カイゼル 髭 ( ひげ ), toothbrush mustache is ちょび 髭 ( ひげ ), and the pencil-thin mustache is 泥鰌髭 ( どじょうひげ ). In Japanese, the "handlebar mustache" a.k.a. For this popular mustache, there are three main styles. kuchi-hige is facial hair grown just above the upper lip and is the most common type of hige. Let's break down the words for each HIGE style: Mustache a.k.a. So, please don't get confused whenever you see the word "hige". Just as a note, to save some word-space in this article, from here on out I'll use "hige" to quickly refer to mustaches, beards, sideburns, (and whiskers). If you found it to be more confusing than "lucky", don't worry, we use a different kanji for each hige: Lucky you! You've just learned how to say mustache, beard, sideburns, and whiskers in Japanese, all at once. Unlike English, Japanese has only one word for each type of facial hair, excluding the eyebrows: HIGE. Japanese Mustache Vocabulary Source: Hey Paul Studios Nobody is going to be teased about falling flattop on your facial hair on my watch. I'd also like to educate you on mustaches in general in Japan, just in case you end up in a heated mustache-related argument. ![]() I'd like to take you on a mustache-canoe journey through the river that is the history of how facial hair functions in Japan, past and present. Sad, but true.īut how can this be? In a modern country such as Japan, shouldn't it be a society in which one can look past another's facial hair without judging (or firing you?). If you decided to go to work with a mustache your boss might not just give you a simple slap on the wrist, he might actually fire you. Although shaving your mustache can sometimes cause trouble, having a mustache can be problematic in Japan. This role reversal is repeated in the 1999 film adaptation.If you ever go to Japan, you'll come to realize that almost all men, especially salarymen, don't have mustaches (or facial hair for that matter). On one occasion, typical of producer Jay Ward's sense of humor, Whiplash and Do-Right changed hats Do-Right became the criminal supervillain who actually succeeds at crime and Whiplash became the RCMP hero for capturing the evil Do-Right. He is the antithesis of Do-Right, who is the archetype of goodness and a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman (RCMP). Whiplash is obsessed with tying young women to railroad tracks he has no reason to do so and realizes no gain, profit or advantage, but is simply compelled to do it. In the cartoon's opening segments, Whiplash is seen tying Nell Fenwick to a railroad track. Whiplash's henchman, Homer, usually wears a tuque. Whiplash is the stereotypical villain in the style of stock characters found in silent films and earlier stage melodrama, wearing black clothing and a top hat and with a handlebar moustache. Alfred Molina played Whiplash in the 1999 live-action film version Dudley Do-Right. The character was voiced by Hans Conried in the original cartoon series. He was listed among the 100 greatest characters in television animation. Snidely Whiplash is a fictional character who originally appeared as the main antagonist in the Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties segments of the animated television series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. ![]() Dudley Do-Right, segment of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show ![]()
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