とさか

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とさか – see the following entry.

【鶏冠】	[noun] a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster) [noun] (colloquial) Short for 鶏冠海苔 (tosaka nori): a species of red algae, Meristotheca papulosa [noun] (theater) a kind of wig used in kabuki, with the front hair cut and split apart on the sides; used by onnagata to portray old hags

(This term, とさか, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

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