闘牛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
ぎゅう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
鬭牛 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーぎゅう [tòógyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːɡʲɨː]

Noun

(とう)(ぎゅう) • (tōgyū

  1. bullfighting, a Spanish sport involving a person and a bull
  2. an event popular in Okinawa consisting of a fight between two bulls

References

  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