たいふ

See also: たいぶ, だいふ, and だいぶ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たいふ – see the following entries.

[noun] (historical) an office in Zhou Dynasty, China.

[noun] (historical, in Japan) substitutive style of high ranked courtier, particularly officers in the 5th rank (五位).

[noun] (historical, in Japan, also daibu) head of shoku(職) or bō(坊), administrative departments of the imperial court.

[noun] (historical) karō (家老)

[noun] synonym of 松 (matsu, “pine tree”) (based in an episode Qin Shi Huangdi or the First Emperor of Qin granted a pine tree the dignity of Taifu [1.])

[noun] style of Shinto shrine headmaster.

(This term, たいふ (taifu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

【大夫たゆう】

[noun] (in Noh-theater) iemoto or the head master of shite (仕手) acting family.

[noun] (in jōruri/bunraku-theater) style of narrators and shamisen players.

[noun] (historical, in Edo period) highest ranked prostitutes at the officially approved prostitution areas, such as, Yoshiwara.

[noun] leading actor in a manzai pair

[noun] style of Shinto shrine headmaster

【太夫たゆう】

[noun] (historical) the highest class of oiran

Alternative spelling
大夫

(This term, たいふ (taifu), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)

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