# Chapatsu

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**Chapatsu** (茶髪/ちゃぱつ), literally "[brown](/source/Brown) [hair](/source/Hair)" in the [Japanese language](/source/Japanese_language),[1] is a style of [bleaching](/source/Bleach_(chemical)) (and occasionally [dyeing](/source/Dye)) hair, found among [Japanese](/source/Japan) [teens](/source/Teen). The style was once banned at Japanese schools and became a widespread topic of the [civic right](/source/Civic_right) to self-expression, but discussion of the topic died down due to the ubiquity of the style.[2][3]

## Etymology

The word *chapatsu* is formed from two morphemes: [茶](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%8C%B6), meaning "[tea or brown, in this case, brown](/source/Tea_or_brown,_in_this_case,_brown)" and [髪](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%AB%AA), meaning "hair".[1] *Chapatsu* originally referred to a variety of colors of hair dye, including [blonde](/source/Blonde), [red](/source/Red), [orange](/source/Orange_(colour)), and [blue](/source/Blue), it now refers to brown [hue](/source/Hue).[4] In [Japanese](/source/Japanese_language) the word is also frequently written in [hiragana](/source/Hiragana) [syllabary](/source/Syllabary).[citation needed]

## Style

While the style itself began to show up in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo) streets during the early to mid-1990s, *chapatsu* was first described in *Imidas*, an annual publication of new words and concepts in the Japanese language, in 1997. *Chapatsu* did not appear in *[Kōjien](/source/K%C5%8Djien)*, an authoritative dictionary of the Japanese language, until 1998. The style first gained popularity among adolescent girls, seeking to accentuate their tanned skin (rebelling against more traditional definitions of beauty), but quickly became mainstream.[2] By the mid-2000s, however, trends seemed to indicate that the "chapatsu" as a mainstream style was on its way out.[5] Although *chapatsu* died out as youth-centered fashion trend of rebellion, it came to be accepted not only on young people but also in certain business settings, and it was established before long as a Japanese fashion.[citation needed]

## See also

- [Ganguro](/source/Ganguro)

## References

1. ["茶髪"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) [Chapatsu] (in Japanese). *Nihon Kokugo Daijiten*. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. [OCLC 56431036](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56431036). Archived from [the original](http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-07-26.

1. ["茶髪"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) [Chapatsu] (in Japanese). *Imidas*. Tokyo: Shueisha. 2012. [OCLC 506996961](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/506996961). Archived from [the original](http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-07-26.

1. ["Brown But Not Brazen"](http://web-japan.org/trends98/honbun/ntj990202.html). Trends in Japan. 3 February 1999. Retrieved 6 October 2012.

1. ["茶髪"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) [Chapatsu] (in Japanese). *Dijitaru Daijisen*. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. [OCLC 56431036](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56431036). Archived from [the original](http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-07-26.

1. [Dyejobs make for the nearest stylist as hair experts proclaim black is back](http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/archive/news/2006/12/20061206p2g00m0dm007000c.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080309161625/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/archive/news/2006/12/20061206p2g00m0dm007000c.html) March 9, 2008 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

- [Transcript of Speech by Nomura Masaichi of the National Museum of Ethnology on Chapatsu and Ganguro fashions](https://web.archive.org/web/20070320053909/http://brokenstones.at.infoseek.co.jp/fashion/dmv.html)

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