Where does “Kabuki” come from?
Kabuki comes from Japanese 歌舞伎, a compound of 歌 (song), 舞 (dance), and 伎 (skill), ultimately deriving from 傾く meaning to lean or incline.
Kabuki (English): Alternative spelling of kabuki
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of kabuki
Ancestry of “Kabuki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 歌舞伎 | a bizarrely-dressed person; "kabuki": traditional... |
| 2 | Japanese | 傾く | to tilt, lean, incline; to favor; to wane |
| 3 | Japanese | 頭 | head; the fontanelle part of the skull; the head... |
| 4 | Japanese | ど- | super- |