八つ: 107 Terms and Phrases

• 八つ
• eight

• お八つ
• between meal snack
• mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack
• afternoon refreshment
• afternoon tea

• 八つ田
• Yatsuda

• 八つ代
• Yatsushiro

• 八つ橋
• type of sweet made with bean paste (local delicacy in Kyoto)
• cinnamon-seasoned cracknel (cookie)
• zigzag bridge
• Yatsuhashi
• Yatsubashi

• 八つ時
• 2 o'clock (am or pm)

• 御八つ
• between meal snack
• mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack
• afternoon refreshment
• afternoon tea

• 身八つ
• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

• 八つ口
• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

• 八つ手
• Japanese fatsia
• Fatsia japonica
• eight-fingered-leaf shrub

• 八つ目
• eighth (place, position, etc.)
• having eight eyes
• having many eyes
• having a loose knit
• lamprey
• eight-holed arrow whistle

• 八つ頭
• form of taro
• yam

• 八つ尾町
• Yatsuomachi

• 八つぁん
• Hattsan

• 振八つ口
• Furiyatsukuchi

• 八つ裂き
• tearing limb from limb
• tearing apart
• cutting (a person) to pieces

• 川八つ目
• Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)

• 身八つ口
• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
• Miyatsukuchi

• 八つ目鏑
• eight-holed arrow whistle

• 八つ目鰻
• lamprey
• lamprey eel

• 八つ当り
• outburst of anger
• venting one's anger

• 八つ手網
• eight-armed scoop net

• 八つ切り
• octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm)
• cutting into 8 parts

• 八つあたり
• outburst of anger
• venting one's anger

• 八つ当たり
• outburst of anger
• venting one's anger

• 八つ折り判
• octavo

• 八つ足の机
• eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.)

• 八つの霊玉
• Eight balls of soul

• 八つ裂きの刑
• Dismemberment

• 八つ当りする
• take it out on someone
• take it out on ~

• 八つあたりに
• indiscriminately
• recklessly

• 三時のお八つ
• afternoon refreshment
• afternoon tea

• 八つ口の有無
• Presence of Yatsukuchi

• に八つ当りする
• take it out on ~

• 身八つ口がない
• Does not have Miyatsukuchi.

• 熊さん八つあん
• the average Joe
• the man in the street

• 八つ裂き(にする)
• tear apart

• 八つ当たり(する)
• take out one’s anger on

• 振八つ口がない（人形）
• Does not have Furiyatsukuchi (Ningyo).

• 「八つに曰く、稲置。」
• The eighth, Inagi.

• そこに八つの小石があった。
• There were eight pebbles there.

• オレに八つ当たりするなよ。
• Don't take it out on me.

• 表記は、八橋、八つ橋、八ッ橋とも。
• It is written 八橋, 八つ橋 or 八ッ橋.

• 振八つ口を閉じた部分を人形と呼ぶ。
• The closed Furiyatsukuchi is called Ningyo.

• 序幕　品川島崎楼の場・八つ山下の場
• Prologue: the scene at Shimazakiro (licensed quarters) in Shinagawa ・ the scene of Yatsuyamashita

• フォッグ氏が乗った客車には車輪が八つ付いていた。
• The car which he occupied was a sort of long omnibus on eight wheels,

• 振袖の元になったのは、振八つ口のあいた子供用の小袖である。
• The basis for what became today's furisode was the children's kosode (short sleeved) kimono, with sleeves left open in the furiyatsuguchi style.

• 遺恨に思った辰五郎は、品川郊外の八つ山下で四つ車を襲撃する。
• Tatsugoro had a grudge against Yotsuguruma Daihachi and ambushed him at Yatsuyamashita, a suburb of Shinagawa.

• 民家というより城郭を思わせる構造で、「八つ棟造り」と呼ばれる。
• The structure of the Imanishi Residence, which gives an impression of a castle rather than a private residence, is called 'yatsumune' style (complicated roof style with multiple ridges and bargeboards).

• また西本願寺では下り藤を特に好み、東本願寺でも八つ藤を用いている。
• In addition, the Nishi Hongan-ji Temple especially favors sagari-fuji (hanging wisteria flowers) and the Higashi Hongan-ji Temple uses yatsu-fuji (eight bunches of wisteria flowers).

• 「ここに射残したる矢七つ八つ候へば、暫く防矢（ふせぎや）仕り候はん。」
• If you have seven or eight arrows, you can protect yourself against the enemy for a while.'

• 八つぁん・熊さん等の名で代表される町人や職人が登場するものでは羽織を脱ぐ。
• Thirdly, the haori is taken off in performances where an ordinary merchant or artisan, typically named Hattsuan or Kumasan, appears.

• 身八つ口どまり（みやつくちどまり・みやつぐちどまり）身八つ口の最下部の点。
• Miyatsukuchidomari, also pronounced as Miyatsuguchidomari: The lowest points of Miyatsukuchi.

• 振八つ口（ふりやつくち）袖の、脇の下に近い部分の、縫いつけずに開いている部分。
• Furiyatsukuchi: The slits on the sleeves near the armpit.

• 八景（はっけい）とは、ある地域における八つの優れた風景を選ぶ、風景評価の様式。
• Eight Views is a manner of scenery valuation in which eight finest sceneries of the region are selected.

• 和服の長着に8つの口があることになり、これが「八つ口」の語源になったといわれる。
• Yatsukuchi' originated from the eight openings of Wafuku in the dressed state.

• おやつ（片仮名でオヤツとも）とは、八つ時（午後2時頃）に食べる間食のことを指す。
• The term 'oyatsu' (おやつ), also written in katakana (one of the Japanese syllabaries) as オヤツ, refers to an afternoon snack that was originally eaten at yatsudoki (approximately 2 p.m.) according to the old Japanese way of counting time.

• 身頃に近い方の袖端を縫い付けずに開けている部分を振八つ口といい、振袖も振八つ口を持つ。
• The section of the sleeve closest to the body that is not sewn shut but instead left open is called the 'furiyatsuguchi;' furisode also has furiyatsuguchi.

• 本建物の屋根形状は別名「八つ棟造り」ともいわれ、建物の妻面には複数の屋根の稜線が見える。
• The roof style of this building is also known as 'Yatsumune-zukuri' and several roof ridgelines can be seen on the gables.

• 琵琶湖八景（びわこはっけい）とは、琵琶湖周辺に存在する八つの情景を特に選んだものである。
• Eight Views of Lake Biwa is a special selection of eight views around Lake Biwa.

• 身八つ口（みやつくち・みやつぐち）身頃の、脇の下に近い部分の、縫いつけずに開いている部分。
• Miyatsukuchi, also pronounced Miyatsuguchi: the slits on Migoro under the armpits.

• 彼が非常に驚いたことには、重い鐘は六つから七つと続けて打った、七つから八つと続けて打った。
• To his great astonishment the heavy bell went on from six to seven, and from seven to eight,

• その半ば八つ割り、その先が十六としたものへ、分厚い牛革を被せて筒状に縫い合せ、保護したもの。
• They then divide the middle third of the divided part vertically into eight parts and the end third into sixteen parts in total, applying a thick cowhide and sewing it into a cylinder shape in order to protect the bamboo sword.

• 「留袖」にしろ「身八つ口」にしろ、現在の着物の原型はこのころの庶民の着物に端を発する物が多い。
• Many garments like 'tomesode' and also 'miyatsuguchi,' archetype of today's kimono are rooted in the kimono of common people prevailing around this time.

• また、近所ではその聡明さから「八つ耳」（直感力や理解力に優れた人間の意）、神童と言われていた。
• Because of his intelligience, he was called a 'Yatsumimi' (person with superior instincts and comprehension) and a wonder child.

• その傷口から流れ出た白気は姫の数珠を空中に運び、仁義八行の文字が記された八つの大玉を飛散させる。
• Pure essence which flowed out of her wound carried her beads into the sky, and dispersed eight large beads bearing letters of Jingi-hachigyo.

• 昔はこの近くに八つの頭を持つ大蛇が棲んでいたといわれ、その大蛇の棲む谷には念仏池という池があった。
• It is said that there was a big snake with 8 heads living around the site, and the valley that the big snake lived had a pond called Nenbutsuike.

• 激怒した宗盛は自らの手で源競を八つ裂きにするため、配下の武者たちに源競を殺さずに捕えるよう命じる。
• An enraged Munemori ordered his subordinate warriors to capture MINAMOTO no Kiso alive so that he could tear him to pieces with his own hands.

• 八日目には七時頃から下宿を出て、まずゆるりと湯に入って、それから町で鶏卵（けいらん）を八つ買った。
• I left my boarding house about 7 o'clock on the eighth night and after having enjoyed my bath, I bought eight raw eggs.

• それと察した喜三郎は、以前八つ山下で拾った件の財布を見せ、大きな間違いになったらどうすると意見をする。
• Reading what Tatsugoro had in mind, Kisaburo showed the above-mentioned wallet to him and warned, 'What if something really bad happens to you?'

• もしこれまであった事の上に、またも、その云う事を聴いたなら、お前はその人達に八つ裂きにされる事だろう。
• If you obey them again, after what has already occurred, they will tear you in pieces.

• 女性用の和服の長着では、身八つ口の最下部（身八つ口どまり）あたりの位置で前身頃の左右の幅を測った長さ。
• In the case of female Nagagi, the width of either the left-hand or the right-hand Maemigoro at the bottom of Miyatsukuchi, i.e., Miyatsukuchidomari.

• 身八つ口が開いているかいないか、また振八つ口が開いているかいないかによって、和服の様式が特徴づけられる。
• Whether there are Miyatsukuchi or not and whether there are Furiyatsukuchi or not characterize the form of Wafuku.

• 小田原熱海（あたみ）間に、軽便鉄道敷設（ふせつ）の工事が始まったのは、良平（りょうへい）の八つの年だった。
• Ryohei was eight years old when construction of the light railway between Odawara and Atami began.

• 鉱泉分析法指針では、治療の目的に供しうる鉱泉を特に療養泉と定義し、特定された八つの物質について更に規定している。
• The Standard Methods of Analysis for Mineral Springs designates mineral springs that are suitable for cures as Ryoyosen (medical hot spring) and stipulates the details of specific eight ingredients.

• あなたは一つの分を七つまた八つに分けよ、あなたは、どんな災が地に起るかを知らないからだ。 (伝道の書 11:2)
• Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don't know what evil will be on the earth. (Ecclesiastes 11:2)

• こうして、その枠は八つ、その銀の座は十六、おのおのの枠の下に、二つずつ座があった。 (出エジプト記 36:30)
• There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets. (Exodus 36:30)

• 八条目とは三綱領の細目で「格物」・「致知」・「誠意」・「正心」・「修身」・「斉家」・「治国」・「平天下」の八つである。
• The Eight Steps are the eight detailed items of Sankoryo, consisting of investigation of things ('kakubutsu'), extension of knowledge ('chichi'), sincerity of the will ('seii'), rectification of the mind ('seishin'), cultivation of personal life ('shushin'), regulation of family ('seika'), national order ('chikoku') and world peace ('heitenka').

• 得意としていた大役の数々、例えば『十種香』八重垣姫や『籠釣瓶』の八つ橋などを丁寧に演じ、打ち収める姿は悲壮ともいえた。
• He carefully performed and fulfilled many major roles that he was good at such as Yaegaki-hime of 'Jusshuko' (Incense Burning) and Yatsuhashi of 'Kago Tsurube' (Basket bucket) and his last performance of the role was even heroic.

• 稚児大師図（香雪美術館蔵・鎌倉後期）などに見られるように、子供の小袖は中世の時代は体温を逃がす振りの八つ口をあけていた。
• As can be seen in the Chigo daishi zu (a late Kamakura work owned by the Kayuki Art Museum) and other such illustrations, children's kosode during Japan's medieval period was made with furi-no-yatsuguchi in the sleeves to allow body heat to dissipate.

• 鉱泉分析法指針では、鉱泉の中でも治療の目的に供しうるものを特に療養泉と定義し、特定された八つの物質について更に規定している。
• The Standard Methods of Analysis for Mineral Springs designate mineral springs that are suitable for cures as Ryoyosen (medical hot spring) and stipulates the details of specific eight ingredients.

• ちょうど僕たちはお八つを食べに食堂に集（あつま）った時、あいつは、ほろ酔い機嫌のしゃがれ声で自分のその考えを云い出したのだ。
• He walked into the dining-room as we sat after dinner and announced his intention in the thick voice of a half-drunken man.

• 御上りなれば右の方、御下りなれば左側、八方が八つ棟、面が三つ棟、玉堂造、破風には菊花紋章を御赦免あって、系図正しき薬で御座る。
• On the way to Kyoto it's on the right, on the way from Kyoto it's on the left, the store has eight ridges in eight direction and three beautiful ridges at the front; for the gables the crest of chrysanthemum and paulownia is permitted to use to prove this is the medicine of good lineage.

• それからまだおばあさまは、八つまで、大きなかきを、ひいさまのしっぽにすいつかせて、それを高貴（こうき）な身分のしるしにしました。
• then the old queen had eight oysters fixed on to the princess's tail to show her high rank.

• 八葉車（はちようのくるま）：網代を萌黄色（黄緑）に塗り、九曜星（八葉/大きな円の周りに小さな円を八つ書いたもの）の模様を書いたもの。
• Hachiyo no kuruma: An oxcart made with yellowish-green ajiro and painted with kuyosei patterns (also referred as hachiyo: a big circle surrounded by eight small circles).

• 男性用の和服では、次の図のように身八つ口と振八つ口は閉じられている（江戸初期までは女性も成長すると身八つ口、振八つ口を閉じていた）。
• Miyatsukuchi and Furiyatsukuchi are closed in the male kimono as shown in the figure below; until the beginning of the Edo period, Miyatsukuchi and Furiyatsukuchi were also closed in the female kimono when they become adults.

• 岡山県牛窓町（現・瀬戸内市）に伝わる話では、神功皇后が三韓征伐の途中、同地にて塵輪鬼（じんりんき）という頭が八つの大牛姿の怪物に襲われた。
• A folktale handed down in Ushimado-cho in Okayama Prefecture (present-day Setouchi City) tells us that Empress Jingu was attacked during sankan-seibatsu (the conquest of three countries in old Korea) by a large eight-headed cow-shaped monster named Jinrinki (gigantic cow goblin).

• こうしてその枠は八つ、その銀の座は十六、この枠の下に二つの座、かの枠の下にも二つの座を置かなければならない。 (出エジプト記 26:25)
• There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. (Exodus 26:25)

• 主に日本では屋外などの仕事の労働着として存在し、特徴は、袂（たもと）が無いこと、身八つ口が無く袖全体が身頃に直接縫いつけられていることである。
• In old Japan, kimono with tsutsusode were designed to be worn by outdoor workers, and its main characteristics are that it doesn't have a tamoto (sleeve pouch) or amiyatsukuchi (opening in the sides of the kimono), and its sleeves are stitched to the front and the back without leaving an opening.

• 門のかたわら、内側に四つの台、外側に四つの台があって、合わせて八つの台である。その上で、犠牲の物をほふるのである。 (エゼキエル書 40:41)
• Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they killed [the sacrifices]. (Ezekiel 40:41)

• 慶安3年(1650年）に建てられた城郭のような構造で複雑な屋根の葺き方から別名「八つ棟」（やつむね）または「八つ棟造り」と呼ばれている建物である。
• It is a castle-like structure built in 1650 being also known as Yatsumune or Yatsumune-zukuri (a complicated roof style with multiple ridges and bargeboards) because of its complex roofing design.

• 但し「八つ墓村」は、合理的な謎解き映画として構成された東宝の金田一ものに比べてオカルティズムへの傾斜が顕著であり、橋本の作家的特質を如実に示している。
• However, compared Toho's Kindaichi series which were composed as logical puzzle-solving films, 'Yatsuhaka Mura' exhibited obvious occult tendencies which clearly demonstrated the characteristics of Hashimoto's work.

• しかし、後世鎌倉時代の遺品である鶴岡八幡宮の神宝装束は身八つ口を縫い付けていることから、「平安時代の装束も巨大な筒袖だったのではないか」と言う説がある。
• However, as the miyatsuguchi (opening under the sleeve) of the sacred costumes at Tsuruoka-hachimangu Shrine, which is one of Japan's heritage sites from the Kamakura period, have been sewn together, some historians believe that kimono worn in the Heian period (which was prior to the Kamakura period) also had large tsutsusode.

• 具体的にいえば、まず体裁が五巻九篇、見開きの挿絵一枚の短篇が八つ、挿絵二枚の中篇（「蛇性の婬」）がひとつであるところは、まったく庭鐘の読本作品と同じである。
• For example, it consists of five volumes and has nine stories; each of the eight short-length stories has an illustration covering two facing pages, but one medium-length story includes two illustrations ('A Serpent's Lust'), which is the same as the yomihon work by Teisho.

• 僅か3ヵ月後に松竹で公開された『八つ墓村 (1977年の映画)』（脚本担当）もこれに迫る数字をはじき出し、この年の橋本はまさに空前絶後の大ヒットメーカーぶりを示す。
• This year showed Hashimoto to be a hit film maker of unprecedented greatness when 'Yatsuhaka Mura' (Village of the Eight Tombs) (1977 film on which Hashimoto worked as screenwriter) was released by Shochiku only three months later and achieved numbers close to his previous film.

• 上の図のような和服の長着を帯を締めて着た状態では、首の部分・足の部分・右の袖口・左の袖口・右の振八つ口・左の振八つ口・右の身八つ口・左の身八つ口の8つの穴ができる。
• When Nagagi is secured with an Obi as shown in the figure above, it has eight openings in the neck part, the bottom, the right sleeve opening, the left sleeve opening, the right Furiyatsukuchi, the left Furiyatsukuchi, the right Miyatsukuchi, and the left Miyatsukuchi.

• また、脇に「身八つ口」をつけるようになったのも庶民の小袖が発祥なのだが、この起源は着用の便宜を図るため、放熱のため、または遊女の発案によるなど諸説あり起源ははっきりしない。
• Although 'miyatsuguchi,' small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit) at sides also came from the kosode of common folks, its origin is not clear as to whether it is for convenience of putting it on and taking it off, or some say it is for heat release and others say it is an invention of prostitutes.

• 『犬神家の一族』では脚本第一稿からオカルト色を排除して謎解きドラマを押し出し、同時期の『八つ墓村 (1977年の映画)』（1977年、松竹、監督：野村芳太郎）と好対照を成した。
• 'The Inugami family' was a featured problem-solving drama without an occult touch from the initial writing of the script to contrast strongly with 'Yatsuhaka-mura' (Eight Tomb Village) (the film in 1977) (in 1977, Syochiku, directed by Yoshitaro NOMURA) released around the same time.

• たとえば『水滸伝』では百八の魔星が飛び散り、のちに豪傑英雄として各地に現われるが、『八犬伝』では八つの数珠玉が飛び散り、のちに八犬士として世に現われる、というように発端と構成が共通する。
• For example, both stories have a similar beginning and structure, as can be seen from the fact that in 'Suikoden' 108 magic stars fly in all directions and later appear as heroes and heroines in various locations while in 'Hakkenden' eight beards fly in all directions and later appear as the eight dog warriors.

• 身八つ口と振八つ口は女性用の着物と子供用の着物にのみあり、由来については諸説あるが、女性用の着物の身八つ口は主におはしょりを整えるために、子供用の着物の身八つ口は主に紐を通すために利用されている。
• Although there are some hypothesis about the origin, only female kimono and children's kimono have Miyatsukuchi and Furiyatsukuchi, in order to adjust the layer around the waist Ohashori for the female kimono, and in order to pass a cloth cord through for the children's kimono.

• また、島根・鳥取県境にある船通（鳥髪、鳥上）山系を出発点とする日野川、斐伊川、飯梨川、江の川、伯太川等の川およびそのその支流を頭が八つある大蛇に見立てたとする説もあり、これらの河川をオロチ河川群と呼ぶ。
• There is also a view that rivers such as the Hino River, Hii-gawa River, Inashi-gawa River, Gono-gawa River, Hakuta-gawa River, etc. from the system of Mt. Sentsu (also known as Mt. Torikami (鳥髪, or 鳥上) located between Shimane and Tottori Prefectures and their tributaries were likened to a monster serpent with eight heads, and these rivers are called a group of Orochi rivers.

• さらに8月号では大野晋が「上代日本語の母音体系」で両論を紹介し、持論を展開した他、11月号では松本が「万葉仮名のオ列甲乙について」で、12月には服部が「上代日本語の母音音素は六つであって八つではない」で互いに再反論した。
• Further, in the August issue Susumu ONO introduced both theories and presented his own view in 'Old Japanese Vowel System,' which was, in turn, countered by Matsumoto, in 'Concerning A-type and B-type Manyo-gana Characters with the Vowel of オ (o)' in the November issue, and by Hattori, saying 'Old Japanese Vowel Phonemes were Six, not Eight' in the December issue.

• 江戸時代の初期、留袖には振八つ口がなく、「振八つ口が開いている服」を振袖と呼んでいたという説があり、この説によれば、袖丈が長い和服を振袖と呼ぶようになった時期は、江戸時代に留袖に振八つ口を作るようになった後であるとされる。
• In the early days of the Edo period, tomesode (formal black kimono) did not have furiyatsuguchi, leading to the theory that once kimono with open furiyatsuguchi-style sleeves appeared, it came to be called furisode; according to this theory, the practice of calling kimono with long dangling sleeves 'furisode' must have started only after tomesode sleeves began to be made in the furiyatsuguchi style during the Edo period.

• 「一つには冥衆護持の益、二つには至徳具足の益、三つには転悪成善の益、四つには諸仏護念の益、五つには諸仏称讃の益、六つには心光常護の益、七つには心多歓喜の益、八つには知恩報徳の益、九つには常行大悲の益、十には正定聚に入る益なり。」
• They are as follows; the first benefit of being protected by unseen divinities, the second one of attaining the utmost virtue, the third one of transforming all one's evils into good, the fourth one of being protected by all Buddhas, the fifth one of being praised by all Buddhas, the sixth one of being constantly protected by Amida's spiritual light, the seventh one of having much joy in mind, the eighth one of acknowledging Amida's benevolence and responding in gratitude to his virtue, the ninth one of constant practicing great compassion, and the last one of entering 'shojoju' (those guaranteed to be born in the Pure Land).

• 八色の姓（やくさのかばね）とは、天武天皇が684年（天武13）に新たに制定した真人（まひと） 朝臣（あそみ・あそん） 宿禰（すくね） 忌寸（いみき）道師（みちのし） 臣（おみ） 連（むらじ） 稲置（いなぎ）の八つの姓の制度のこと。
• Yakusa no Kabane refers to the system of eight titles newly established by the Emperor Tenmu in 684; the eight titles were Mahito, Asomi/Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, and Inagi.

• 当り役は非常に多く、時代物では『本朝廿四孝・十種香』の八重垣姫、『鎌倉三代記・絹川村』の時姫、『祇園祭礼信仰記・金閣寺』の雪姫（三つ合わせて三姫）、『伽羅先代萩』の政岡・世話物では『助六』の揚巻、『籠釣瓶』の八つ橋、『新版歌祭文・野崎村』のお光、新作では前述の淀君などがある。
• He had so many successful roles; as for jidai-mono (historical drama), Yaegaki-hime in the scene of 'Jusshuko' of 'Honcho Nijushi-Ko,' Toki-hime in 'Kinugawa-mura' of 'Kamakura Sandaiki,' Yuki-hime in 'Kinkakuji' of 'Gion Sairei Shinko-ki' (those three roles were called Mitsuhime [three princesses]), and Masaoka in 'Meiboku Sendai Hagi'; as for sewa-mono (drama based on real-life people), Agemaki in 'Sukeroku,' Yatsuhashi in 'Kagotsurube' ('Kagotsurube Sato no Yoizame,' Omitsu in 'Nozaki-mura' of 'Shinpan Utazaimon'; as for modern play, Yodogimi mentioned above and so on.

• 歌右衛門生涯の当たり役は非常に多く、『京鹿子娘道成寺』の白拍子花子、『籠釣瓶花街酔醒（籠釣瓶）』の八つ橋、『祗園祭礼信仰記（金閣寺）』の雪姫、『鎌倉三代記・絹川村』の時姫、『本朝廿四孝・十種香』の八重垣姫、『東海道四谷怪談』のお岩、『妹背山婦女庭訓（妹背山）』の定高、お三輪、『沓手鳥孤城落月（孤城落月）』の淀君、『仮名手本忠臣蔵・九段目』の戸無瀬、『積恋雪関扉（関の扉）』の小町と墨染、『恋飛脚大和往来・新口村』の梅川、『攝州合邦辻・合邦庵室』の玉手御前、『伽羅先代萩』の政岡、『鏡山旧錦絵（鏡山）』の尾上、『隅田川続俤（隅田川）』の班女など、娘形から姫、片はずし、傾城に至るまで、あらゆる女形の領域をこなした。
• Utaemon performed many successful characters in his lifetime, and those were Shirabyoshi (women who play Shirabyoshi (Japanese traditional dance)) Hanako of 'Kyo Kanokomusume Dojoji' (The maiden at Dojo Temple), Yatsuhashi of 'Kago Tsurube Satono Eizame' (Basket bucket in red-light district), Yukihime of 'Gion Sairei Shinkoki' (The Gion Festival Chronicle of Faith)(Kinkaku-ji Temple), Tokihime of 'Kamakura Sandaiki, Kinugawa-mura' (Three Generations of the Kamakura Shogunate in Kinugawa Village), Yaegaki-hime of 'Honcho Niju-shi ko, Jusshuko' (24 Paragons of Filial Piety of our Country, Incense Burning), 'Oiwa of 'Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan' (Tokaido Yotsuya Ghost Stories), Sadaka and Omiwa of 'Imoseyama Onna Teikin' (An Exemplary Tale of Womanly Virtue in Mt. Imose), Yodogimi of 'Hototogisu Kojo no Rakugetsu' (The Sinking Moon over the Lonely Castle Where the Cuckoo Cries), Tonase of 'Kanadehon Chushingura, Kudanme' (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers, 9th act), Komachi and Sumizome of 'Tsumoru Koiyuki no Seki no To' (The Barrier Gate), Umegawa of 'Koibikyaku Yamato Orai, Ninokuchi-mura' (The Amorous Courier on the Yamato Highway, Ninokuchi Village), Tamate-Gozen of 'Gappo Anjitsu (hermitage of Gappo), Sesshu Gappo ga Tsuji (A Kabuki Drama of Unfettered Evil),' Masaoka of 'Meiboku Sendai Hagi' (The trouble in the Date Clan), Onoue of 'Kagamiyama Kokyo no Nishikie' (old brocade pictures of Mt. Kagami), Hanjo of 'Sumida-gawa Gonichi no Omokage' (Latter-day Reflections of the Sumida-gawa River), and he acted many types of female roles, such as a daughter, princess, Katahazushi (female role of nyobo (a court lady) of a samurai family or goten jochu (palace maid)), and keisei (courtesans with high dignity and literacy).