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影法師

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かげ
Grade: S
ほう > ぼう
Grade: 4

Grade: 5
kun'yomi on'yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かげ)(ぼう)() (kagebōshiかげぼふし (kagebofusi)?

  1. silhouette, shadow

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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