頭とう角かく

noun

top of the head

A rare standalone noun for the top or projecting part of the head. Modern learners will most often see it inside the idiom 頭角を現す, literally involving 頭角 but used idiomatically for someone beginning to stand out.

See also: 頭角を現す

• 「頭とう角かく」は文も字じどおりには頭あたまの先せん端たんを指さす語ごだが、現げん代だいでは単たん独どくではあまり使つかわれない。

  Literally, 頭角 refers to the top of the head, but in modern Japanese it is not often used by itself.

• 彼かの女じょは入にゅう社しゃ一いち年ねん目めから頭とう角かくを現あらわした。

  She began to stand out from her first year at the company.