Where does “歌舞伎町” come from?
歌舞伎町 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 歌舞伎, from Japanese 傾く, from Japanese 頭, from Japanese ど- — super-.
Ancestry of “歌舞伎町”, step by step
歌舞伎町 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 歌舞伎
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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- |
via Japanese 町
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 町 | town; A Machi district; more detailed than 都, 道,... |