English
Kabukicho
Kabukicho comes from Japanese 歌舞伎町.
- Japanesemodern歌舞伎町Kabuki-chōliterally ‘Kabuki Town’
- EnglishtodayKabukicho
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern歌舞伎町Kabuki-chōliterally ‘Kabuki Town’
- EnglishtodayKabukicho
The story
From Japanese 歌舞伎町 (Kabuki-chō, literally “Kabuki Town”), from being a district developed around what was to be a kabuki theatre (the theatre was never built).
Every English word from Japanese 歌舞伎町
Today it means
name A district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan; an entertainment, gambling, and red light district.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 歌舞伎町 / Kabukicho