hair in two braids

2025年2月28日

A: What’s wrong?
B: Don’t worry about it.
A: But you’re feeling down.
B: Well, I can’t help thinking that the girl with the long hair in two braids might be more important to him than me.

What should you say ‘hair in two braids’ in Japanese?

Casual

B：そうね。彼かれは、長ながい髪かみをおさげにしたあの子この方ほうが、私わたしより大切たいせつなのかもって思おもってしまって。

Note: This is not a word-for-word translation.

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A word-for-word translation

B：まあ、長ながい髪かみを二ふたつに編あんだ女おんなの子この方ほうが、彼かれにとっては私わたしより大切たいせつなのかもしれないと思おもわずにはいられないわ。

It’s natural and we often use the expression too.
おさげ means the hairstyle in which the hair is divided into two parts and tied up, usually in plaits.

However, there are different opinions and you can call the hair tied in a single ponytail around the nape of the neck おさげ as well as the hair tied in two parts without braids.

We can also say みつあみ for the hair in a pigtail.