がた

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of がた – see the following entry.

【形】2 [noun] [from 1820] (kabuki, theater) Short for 女形 (onnagata), a female role played by a male actor in kabuki theater [suffix] (affixed to nouns): the shape or form of the affixed noun [suffix] (affixed to on'yomi nouns): a typical example of the affixed noun; the type of the affixed noun Alternative spellings 型, がだ

(This term, がた (gata), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as がた, see Category:Japanese kanji read as がた.)