Kabukicho

See also: Kabukichō

English

Alternative forms

• Kabuki-cho, Kabuki-chō, Kabuki-Cho, Kabuki Cho

Etymology

From Japanese 歌舞伎町 (Kabuki-chō, literally “Kabuki Town”), from being a district developed around what was to be a kabuki theatre (the theatre was never built).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈbuːkiːˌt͡ʃoʊ/

Proper noun

Kabukicho

1. A district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan; an entertainment, gambling, and red light district.

Synonyms

• Tsunohazu (former name)

Translations

district in Tokyo

• Arabic: كابوكيتشو (kābūkītšū), كابوكي تشو (kābūkī tšū)
• French: Kabukicho m
• German: Kabukicho n
• Greek: Καμπούκιτσο (Kampoúkitso)
• Hungarian: Kabukicsó
• Japanese: 歌舞伎町 (kabuki-chō)
• Korean: 가부키초 (gabukicho)
• Ukrainian: Кабукічо (Kabukičo)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 歌舞伎町 (Kabuki-chō, literally “Kabuki Town”), from being a district developed around what was to be a kabuki theatre (the theatre was never built).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.bu.kit.ʃo/

Proper noun

Kabukicho m

1. Kabukicho, Kabukichō (a red-light district in Tokyo, Japan)