noun, takes する

  1. wearing one's hair up.

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. coming-of-age ceremony where 12 to 13-year-old girls get their long hair tied up.
  2. wearing one's hair up with a hairpin (type of hairstyle used by court ladies).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
髪上げ かみあげ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

hair of the head
かみ ハツ がた (7th, N3)
hair hanging long, mane, long hair radical (no.190)
ヒュウ ヒョウ (Kentei 1)
long, leader, superior
チョウ なが.い おさ (2nd, N5)
left hand
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
friend
とも ユウ う (2nd, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
above, up
ジョウ うえ あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)