Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1
Grade: S
(ateji)
ちょう
Grade: 1
irregular kan’yōon goon
Alternative spelling
首斗町
 
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Etymology edit

Ponto is thought to be derived from Portuguese ponta ((pointed) end, tip),[1][2] ponte (bridge),[2] or ponto (dot).[2][3][4]

Sometimes written 首斗町.[5]

Proper noun edit

先斗町(ぽんとちょう) (Ponto-chōぽんとちやう (pontotyau)?

  1. a 花街 (hanamachi) district in Kyoto

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 先斗町”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 先斗町”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN