仕手

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
(ateji)

Grade: 1
kan'on kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
為手

Pronunciation

Noun

()() • (shite

  1. doer
  2. protagonist in a noh or kyogen drama
  3. operator, speculator

Derived terms

  • 仕手(して)(かぶ) (shitekabu, speculative stock)
  • 仕手(して)(せん) (shitesen, large-scale speculative go around)
  • 仕手(して)(ばしら) (shitebashira, upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play)
  • 仕手(して)(そう)() (shite sōba, speculators' market, speculative market)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN