"一頭" meaning in Japanese

See 一頭 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [it̚to̞ː] Forms: 一頭 [canonical] (ruby: (いっ), (とう)), ittō [romanization]
Etymology: From 一(いち) (ichi, “one”) + 頭(とう) (tō, “counter for large animals”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|一|いち|頭|とう|t1=one|t2=counter for large animals}} 一(いち) (ichi, “one”) + 頭(とう) (tō, “counter for large animals”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|いっとう}} 一(いっ)頭(とう) • (ittō)
  1. one large animal
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      "other": "いっとー"
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Download raw JSONL data for 一頭 meaning in Japanese (1.4kB)

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