also: かじゃ · かざ
young person; young servant; young man who has come of age
Archaic term referring to a youth, especially a servant or a young man who has undergone the coming-of-age ceremony (genpuku) at around 16. Not used in modern Japanese.
In old documents, the word 冠者 is used to refer to a young person or a servant.
He completed his coming-of-age ceremony and became a 冠者 (young man of age).
young man who has recently come of age
monkey-faced youth; nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Standard kanji form for this archaic term.
Alternate historical reading; less common.
Alternate historical reading; less common.
From 冠 (kan, 'crown' or 'cap') + 者 (sha, 'person'), referring to the cap worn during the historical coming-of-age ceremony. The exact derivation of the alternate readings かじゃ and かざ is uncertain.