Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かげ
Grade: S
ほう > ぼう
Grade: 4

Grade: 5
kun’yomi on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (kage, shadow) +‎ 法師 (hōshi, person). The hōshi changes to bōshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かげ)(ぼう)() (kagebōshiかげぼふし (kagebofusi)?

  1. silhouette, shadow

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN