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Japanese symbol for “shag”

Romaji: shagii
shaggy (rug, carpet, etc.)

In Japanese, shag is (shagii).

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Meanings

  1. adj-f shaggy (rug, carpet, etc.)
  2. n shag (haircut); shag cut

Other Japanese words for “shag”

WordReadingMeaning
ヨーロッパひめう yooroppahimeuEuropean shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis); common shag; shag

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.