Where does “歌舞伎” come from?

歌舞伎 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 歌舞伎, from Japanese 傾く, from Japanese 頭, from Japanese ど- — super-.

歌舞伎 (Chinese): kabuki

Definitions

  1. kabuki

Ancestry of “歌舞伎”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese歌舞伎a bizarrely-dressed person; "kabuki": traditional...
2Japanese傾くto tilt, lean, incline; to favor; to wane
3Japanese頭head; the fontanelle part of the skull; the head...
4Japaneseど-super-
Every word from Japanese ど- →Every word from Japanese 頭 →Every word from Japanese 傾く →