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太夫
太夫
大夫
Reading
Kana:
たゆう
Romaji:
tayuu
Kana
Romaji
Definitions
noun
1
high-ranking Noh actor
See also:
能太夫
2
head of a school of noh performance
3
high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)
4
joruri narrator; manzai narrator
See also:
浄瑠璃
万歳
(reading まんざい)
5
female role actor in kabuki
See also:
女形
6
low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
See also:
御師
7
lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
Note:
Only 太夫
Kanji
太
Readings:
タイ、 タ、 ふと.い、 ふと.る
Meanings:
plump, thick, big around
夫
Readings:
フ、 フウ、 ブ、 おっと、 それ
Meanings:
husband, man
大
Readings:
ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings:
large, big