座頭

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
座 頭
ざ
Grade: 6
とう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

座 (za, “seat”) +‎ 頭 (tō, “leader”)

Pronunciation

Noun

座頭 (hiragana ざとう, rōmaji zatō)

  1. blind man
Derived terms
  • 川上座頭 (かわかみざとう) (kawakamizatō)
  • 不聞座頭 (きかずざとう) (kikazuzatō)
  • 清水座頭 (きよみずざとう) (kiyomizuzatō)
  • 瞽 (ご)女 (ぜ)座 (ざ)頭 (とう) (gozezatō)
  • 座頭金 (ざとうがね) (zatōgane)
  • 座頭鯨 (ざとうくじら) (zatōkujira, “humpback whale”)
  • 座頭転 (ざとうころ)ばし (zatōkorobashi)
  • 座頭虫 (ざとうむし) (zatōmushi, “harvestman”)
  • 猿座頭 (さるざとう) (saruzatō)
  • 月見座頭 (つきみざとう) (tsukimizatō)
  • 花見座頭 (はなみざとう) (hanamizatō)
  • 平 (へい)家 (け)座 (ざ)頭 (とう) (heikezatō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
座 頭
ざ
Grade: 6
かしら > がしら
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

座 (za, “seat”) +‎ 頭 (kashira, “leader”)

Pronunciation

Noun

座頭 (hiragana ざがしら, rōmaji zagashira)

  1. troupe leader

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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