Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Beauty salons and barber's

When you want your hair cut, you got to a biyôin, meaning "a beauty salon" or a tokoya, meaning "a barber's." At a barber's, you can even get your face shaved. We'll introduce some expressions that are commonly used at both beauty salons and barber's shops.
We've already learned maegami in the skit. It means "fringe." You can also simply say mae to mean the same.
It's also useful to remember eriashi, meaning "the hairline above the collar," and momiage, meaning "sideburns."
When you want to have a perm, you say pâma o onegai shimasu --"I'd like to have my hair permed."
And if you don't particularly mind about your hairstyle or length, you can just say Omakase shimasu, meaning "I'll leave everything up to you."