太夫
Meanings
Noun
1. high-ranking noh actor
2. head of a school of noh performance
4. jōruri narrator; manzai narrator
5. female role actor in kabuki
6. lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
8. senior priest at a Shinto shrine
Other spellings
大夫
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
たゆう
Used in vocabulary
Examples1
彼 は 百 地 三 太夫 です。
He is Sandayu Momochi.