# 烏帽子
## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 烏 | 帽 | 子 |
| え Jinmeiyō | ぼう > ぼ Grade: S | し Grade: 1 |
| kan'yōon | kan'on | kan'on |

### Etymology

Shift from older reading ebōshi, itself a compound of 烏 (e, “crow, raven”, in reference to the black color) +‎ 帽子 (bōshi, “cap”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) えぼし [éꜜbòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* (Tokyo) えぼし [èbóshí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [e̞bo̞ɕi]

### Noun

烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) • (eboshi)
* a type of black-lacquered court cap originating during the Heian period, previously worn only by men of a particular social status, and now worn in certain Shinto ceremonies and by gyoji presiding over sumo matches

#### Derived terms

* 大皺(おおさび) (ōsabi)
* 翁(おきな)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (okinaeboshi)
* 折(おり)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (orieboshi)
* 風(かざ)折(おり)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (kazaorieboshi)
* 小皺(こさび) (kosabi)
* 静(しずか)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (shizukaeboshi)
* 立(たて)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (tatēboshi)
* 萎(なえ)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (naēboshi)
* 梨子(なし)打(うち)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (nashiuchieboshi)
* 納豆(なっとう)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (nattōeboshi)
* 引(ひき)立(たて)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (hikitatēboshi)
* 左(ひだり)眉(まゆ)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (hidarimayueboshi)
* 平礼(ひれ)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (hirēboshi)
* 細(ほそ)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (hosoeboshi)
* 右(みぎ)眉(まゆ)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (migimayueboshi)
* 揉(もみ)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (momieboshi)
* 諸(もろ)眉(まゆ)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (moromayueboshi)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)岩(いわ) (eboshi iwa, a placename for various naturally occurring crags of a shape similar to an eboshi cap, literally “eboshi crag or rock”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)魚(うお) (eboshi uo, alternative name for the 鰹 (katsuo): skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, literally “eboshi fish”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)親(おや) (eboshi oya, “someone who stands in for the boys parent as the officiant at a coming of age ceremony”, literally “eboshi parent”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)折(おり) (eboshi ori, “the making of an eboshi cap; a maker of eboshi caps”, from the way the top of the hat would be folded, literally “eboshi folding, eboshi folder”)
* 烏(エ)帽(ボ)子(シ)貝(ガイ) (eboshigai, “the smooth gooseneck barnacle, Lepas anatifera”, literally “eboshi shellfish”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)懸(かけ) (eboshi kake, “the strap or cord of an eboshi cap, running under the wearer's chin; a nail or peg for hanging an eboshi cap”, literally “eboshi hanger”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)籠(かご) (eboshi kago, “a bamboo basket shaped like an eboshi cap; a traditional fire bucket made from such a basket”, literally “eboshi basket”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)髪(がみ) (eboshigami, “the traditional hairstyle used when wearing an eboshi cap”, literally “eboshi hair”)
* 烏(エ)帽(ボ)子(シ)雀(ガラ) (eboshigara, “tufted titmouse”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)着(ぎ) (eboshigi, “a boy's coming of age ceremony”, historical, literally “eboshi wearing”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)首(くび) (eboshi kubi, “the head of someone of a status high enough to wear an eboshi”, literally “eboshi head”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)子(ご) (eboshigo, “a man from a samurai family who has received his adult name after his coming of age ceremony”, historical, literally “eboshi child”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)下(した) (eboshishita, “in kabuki theater, a wig worn under an eboshi cap”, literally “under the eboshi”)
* 烏(エ)帽(ボ)子(シ)鯛(ダイ) (eboshidai, “the man-of-war fish or bluebottle fish, Nomeus gronovii”, literally “eboshi sea bream, eboshi red snapper”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)宝(だから) (eboshidakara, “someone as close and dear as one's own eboshi cap”, literally “eboshi treasure”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)鑽(たがね) (eboshi tagane, “a chisel with a narrow and thick blade, used to cut grooves”, from the shape's similarity to an eboshi cap, literally “eboshi chisel”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)付(づけ) (eboshizuke, “the wearing of an eboshi cap; during the late 1600s, a kind of community poetry wherein one person would post the first line of a haiku, and others would add the second and third lines”, from the way that the top of the haiku is the first part posted, literally “eboshi adding”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)止(とどめ) (eboshi todome, “a hatpin used with an eboshi cap”, literally “eboshi stopper”)
* 烏(エ)帽(ボ)子(シ)鳥(ドリ) (eboshidori, “the Knysna turaco or Knysna lourie (Tauraco corythaix), a bird native to South Africa”, from the way the crest shape resembles an eboshi cap, literally “eboshi bird”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)名(な) (eboshi na, “a man's adult name, received at a coming of age ceremony”, historical, literally “eboshi name”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)直(のう)衣(し) (eboshi nōshi, “simplified noble dress, consisting of 直衣 (nōshi, “everyday wear”) and an eboshi cap”, literally “eboshi everyday wear”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)始(はじめ) (eboshi hajime, “the first time a young man wears an eboshi cap after coming of age; a coming of age ceremony”, historical, literally “first-time eboshi”)
* 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し)花(ばな) (eboshibana, alternative name for the 都草 (miyakogusa) (Lotus corniculatus, syn. Lotus japonicus), literally “eboshi flower”)
* 鰹(カツオ)の烏(エ)帽(ボ)子(シ) (katsuo no eboshi, “the Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis), a kind of marine hydrozoan visually similar to a jellyfish”, from the shape of the gas bladder and the way that skipjack tuna can be found nearby, literally “skipjack tuna's eboshi cap”)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 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
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* Lotus+japonicus at The Plant List