Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kabukicho

/kəˈbuːkiːˌt͡ʃoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: kabu-ki-cho
IPA: /kəˈbuːkiːˌt͡ʃoʊ/

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan; an entertainment, gambling, and red light district.

Etymology

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).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 歌舞伎町

Inflected Forms

Kabuki-cho (alternative) Kabuki-chō (alternative) Kabuki Cho (alternative)

Synonyms

Tsunohazu

Questions

How do you pronounce kabukicho?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈbuːkiːˌt͡ʃoʊ/.
What does kabukicho mean?: A district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan; an entertainment, gambling, and red light district.
Where does kabukicho come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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