烏帽子

Japanese

烏帽子 (eboshi): two people dressed as Shinto priests, with eboshi caps.
Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
ぼう > ぼ
Grade: S

Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology

Shift from older reading ebōshi, itself a compound of (e, crow, raven, in reference to the black color) + 帽子 (bōshi, cap).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

烏帽子 (hiragana えぼし, rōmaji eboshi)

  1. a type of black-lacquered court cap originating during the Heian period, previously worn only by men of a particular social status, and now worn in certain Shinto ceremonies and by gyoji presiding over sumo matches

Derived terms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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