イチョウ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of イチョウ – see the following entry.

[noun] an arrowhead in the shape of a ginkgo leaf

[noun] Short for 銀杏頭 (ichō-gashira): an Edo-period hairstyle, with the topknot in the shape of a ginkgo leaf, today usually associated with higher-ranked sumo wrestlers

[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a motif of various styles of gingko leaves

(This term, イチョウ, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)

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