瞽女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瞽	女
ごぜ
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Etymology

Clipping of 盲御前 (mekura-goze)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごぜ [góꜜzè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ze̞]

Noun

瞽女(ごぜ) • (goze)

(historical) a blind woman (often one who worked as a musician in Ancient Japan)

References

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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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