I know that it literally means "to cut hair" but it was used as following:
おはよう！ 髪を切る
Is this an idiom, and if so, when do you use it?
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3Can you provide any context for that quote?– istrasciCommented Jan 16, 2021 at 16:56
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1I tried to do a search for this and got references to the anime Gintama. In case that's where you heard it, I went down the rabbit hole and found it was reference to a comedian named コージー富田 when he was on a show called ものまね. You can see him say it here: youtube.com/watch?v=Cg2XWlhdhX0 If you saw it outside of either of those contexts more details would help to figure out if it is also referencing this comedian.– AliceCommented Jan 17, 2021 at 4:46
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1@Alice He said "髪切った?", though, not 髪を切る, which would be a bit of an odd statement on its own.– LeeboCommented Jan 17, 2021 at 14:20
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I think you mention the sentence from Gintama "第69話「ゴミの分別回収にご協力下さい」".
Kagura said "おはようございます。髪切った？"
Someone tweeted the part.
This is just a Joke. NOT idiom.
I think it is too difficult to understand this joke for those who haven't lived in Japan for long time.
To understand this Joke, you need to know the followings:
- The very famous TV show "世にも奇妙な物語", horror TV show.
- The famous music in the TV show. (the similar music is played in the Gintama's episode)
- The very famous Emsee of the TV show, "Tamori"
- Tamori often asked everyone "髪切った？" on other TV shows.
- So, some comedian like コージー富田 imitate that, "髪切った？"
Then, it looks a horror in this Gintama's episode, "第69話「ゴミの分別回収にご協力下さい」".
Kagura imitatied/copied "Tamori" after she said "おはようございます。" to wake Ginchan up.
Anyway, this is just Joke/parody.
I don't know who said "おはよう。髪切る。" and what context it is, but I think he/she imitated this joke/parody.
