額隠

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ひたい
Grade: 5
かく(し)
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
額隱 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 額隠 – see the following entry.
ひたいかくし
[noun] [from 1800s] (archaic, possibly obsolete or dialect) a kind of short ornamental curtain suspended over the front or edge of an area, such as the curtain around the edge of the ceremonial Shinto roof over the center of a sumo arena, or the foremost decorative curtain on traditional Japanese theater stages such as for noh or kabuki
Alternative spelling
額隠し
(This term, 額隠, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)