影法師

Japanese

Kanji in this term
影	法	師
かげ Grade: S	ほう > ぼう Grade: 4	し Grade: 5
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かげぼーし [kàgébóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) かげぼーし [káꜜgèbòòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡe̞bo̞ːɕi]

Noun

影(かげ)法(ぼう)師(し) • (kagebōshi) ^{←かげぼふし (kagebofusi)^?}

silhouette, shadow

References

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