Word Meaning お初徳兵衛

おはつとくべえ ohatsutokubee

お初徳兵衛 is read as おはつとくべえ (ohatsutokubee) and means Ohatsu and Tokubei (lovers who committed suicide together in 1703).

Meaning

English

  1. Ohatsu and Tokubei (lovers who committed suicide together in 1703)
  2. The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (play by Chikamatsu)

Reading

Kana

おはつとくべえ

Romaji

ohatsutokubee

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 47 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 53580 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

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権兵衛

ごんべい

country bumpkin

半兵衛

はんべえ

feigned ignorance

助兵衛

すけべえ

lewdness

兵衛

ひょうえ

middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)

むっつり助兵衛

むっつりすけべえ

lecher with a quiet exterior

どん兵衛

どんべえ

Donbei (Nissin cup noodles)

飲兵衛

のんべえ

heavy drinker

甚兵衛

じんべえ

light cotton summer clothing consisting of knee-length shorts and short-sleeved jacket

衛兵

えいへい

guard