The Japanese Hair Salon Adventure
Experience a Japanese hair salon consultation: keeping length while trimming split ends (毛先を整える程度で), thinning out thick hair (すいてください), and polite answers during shampoo (お湯の温度・痒いところ).
N4 Series 3: Shopping & Daily Services (日本語 Talk Radio) · All lessons · All courses
Vocabulary
- 美容室（びようしつ） (美容室): hair salon / beauty parlor
- 毛先（けさき） (毛先): ends of the hair / hair tips
- すく (梳く): to thin out / reduce hair volume with thinning shears
- お湯（おゆ） (お湯): hot/warm water
- 痒い（かゆい） (痒い): itchy
- ちょうどいい (丁度いい): just right / perfect
- 前髪（まえがみ） (前髪): bangs / fringe
- 鏡（かがみ） (鏡): mirror
Related JLPT N4 quizzes
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 53 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 52 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 51 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 50 (7 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 49 (7 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 48 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 44 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 45 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 46 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 47 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 43 (5 questions)
- JLPT N4 – Listening Exercise 42 (5 questions)
Frequently asked questions
- What does 「美容室（びようしつ）」 mean in this lesson?
- hair salon / beauty parlor
- What does 「毛先（けさき）」 mean in this lesson?
- ends of the hair / hair tips
- What does 「すく」 mean in this lesson?
- to thin out / reduce hair volume with thinning shears
- What does 「お湯（おゆ）」 mean in this lesson?
- hot/warm water
- What does 「痒い（かゆい）」 mean in this lesson?
- itchy
- What does 「ちょうどいい」 mean in this lesson?
- just right / perfect
- What does 「前髪（まえがみ）」 mean in this lesson?
- bangs / fringe
- What does 「鏡（かがみ）」 mean in this lesson?
- mirror