大夫

Noun

 * 1)  (medical) doctor

Noun

 * 1)  large, dry field
 * 1)  large, dry field
 * 1)  large, dry field

Etymology 1
from Chinese. Also written as.

Noun

 * 1)  an office in Zhou Dynasty, China.
 * 2)  substitutive style of high ranked courtier, particularly officers in the 5th rank (五位).
 * 3) (historical, in Japan, also daibu) head of shoku(職) or bō(坊), administrative departments of the imperial court.
 * 4)  karō (家老)
 * 5) pine tree (based in an episode Qin Shi Huangdi or the First Emperor of Qin granted a pine tree the dignity of Taifu [1.])
 * 6) style of Shinto shrine headmaster.

Etymology 2
from taifu (see above)

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Noun

 * 1) (in Noh-theater) iemoto or the head master of shite (シテ) acting family.
 * 2) (in jōruri/bunraku-theater) style of narrators and shamisen players.
 * 3)  highest ranked prostitutes at the officially approved prostitution areas, such as, Yoshiwara.
 * 4) leading actor in a manzai pair
 * 5) style of Shinto shrine headmaster