haircut

散髪、ヘアカット

髪を短くしたり整えたりするために切ってもらうこと。

やさしい英語で： An occasion when someone cuts your hair, usually to make it shorter or neater.

• I need a haircut.
• He went to the barber for a haircut.
• How much did your haircut cost?

類義語： trim

よく使う表現： get a haircut, need a haircut, haircut appointment, have a haircut

髪型、ヘアスタイル

切った後の髪の形やスタイル。

やさしい英語で： The shape or style of someone’s hair after it has been cut.

• I like your new haircut.
• That short haircut really suits her.
• His haircut looked different from every angle.

類義語： hairstyle

よく使う表現： short haircut, new haircut, stylish haircut

債務減免、減額

投資の価値や、貸し手に返す金額が減らされること。

やさしい英語で： A reduction in the value of an investment or in the money paid back to a lender.

• The lenders accepted a haircut.
• Creditors took a substantial haircut after the company collapsed.
• The agreement imposes a thirty percent haircut on the debt.

使い方： haircut on something (Investors accepted a haircut on their bonds.)

類義語： write-down, reduction

よく使う表現： take a haircut, debt haircut, accept a haircut