太夫(たゆう)
Rank #14,253

Meanings

  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    1. high-ranking noh actor
  • 2. head of a school of noh performance
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi), historical term
    3. high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    4. jōruri narrator; manzai narrator
  • 5. female role actor in kabuki
  • 6. lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi), historical term
    7. head of a sarugaku troupe
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    8. senior priest at a Shinto shrine

Readings

太夫
(89%)
大夫
(9%)
たゆう
(<1%)
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