Haircutting; the act of cutting hair, or a person/shop that cuts hair (haircut).
明日は髪切りに行って短くしてもらう予定だ。
I'm going to the barber tomorrow to get my hair cut short.
髪切りの予約が取れたら、急に雰囲気を変えたくなった。
Once I got a haircut appointment, I suddenly felt like changing my look.
昔は町の髪切りが理髪と身だしなみの相談役だった。
In the past, the town barber served as an advisor for grooming and appearance.
A dated term referring to an old custom in which a prostitute would cut a customer's hair to show sincere feelings—archaic usage.
その話は昔のことで、髪切りという慣習は今ではほとんど語られない。
That is an old tale; the custom called 'kamikiri' is hardly discussed today.
An abbreviated, colloquial name for a long-horned beetle (cerambycid), i.e., a type of beetle sometimes called 'kamikiri'.
夏になると山で大きな髪切り（天牛）をよく見かける。
In summer you often see large kamikiri (long-horned beetles) in the mountains.
A creature from Japanese folklore (kamikiri) said to secretly cut people's hair—mythical being associated with stories of hair being cut at night.
古い村には髪切りの噂があり、夜に髪を切られるという怖い話が伝わっている。
There is a rumor of a kamikiri in the old village; scary stories say people's hair gets cut at night.