影法師

Japanese

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

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

影法師 (hiragana かげぼうし, rōmaji kagebōshi, historical hiragana かげぼふし)

silhouette, shadow

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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