Where does “歌舞伎” come from?
歌舞伎 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 傾く, from Japanese 頭, from Japanese ど- — super-.
歌舞伎 (Japanese): a bizarrely-dressed person; "kabuki": traditional...
Definitions
- a bizarrely-dressed person; "kabuki": traditional...
Ancestry of “歌舞伎”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 傾く | to tilt, lean, incline; to favor; to wane |
| 2 | Japanese | 頭 | head; the fontanelle part of the skull; the head... |
| 3 | Japanese | ど- | super- |