| 点 | [てん, ten] (n) (1) (uk) dot; point; mark; (2) (ちょぼ, チョボ only) (See 義太夫) gidayuu musicians (in kabuki) #269 [Add to Longdo] |
| 歌舞伎(P);歌舞妓 | [かぶき, kabuki] (n) kabuki; Japanese classical drama; (P) #5,903 [Add to Longdo] |
| 太夫;大夫 | [たゆう, tayuu] (n) (1) (See 能太夫) high-ranking Noh actor; (2) head of a school of noh performance; (3) high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); (4) (See 浄瑠璃, 万歳・まんざい) joruri narrator; manzai narrator; (5) (See 女形) female role actor in kabuki; (6) (See 御師) low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine; (7) (太夫 only) lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank) #6,515 [Add to Longdo] |
| 切り(P);限り;限(io) | [きり, kiri] (n) (1) end; finish; stop; (2) (See 切りがない, 切りのない) bounds; limits; (3) (esp. 限り, 限) delivery date (of a futures contract); (4) finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in joruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville); (suf, ctr) (5) counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat); (prt) (6) (uk) (senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech) (See っ切り・っきり・1) only; just; (7) (uk) (usu. in a negative sentence) since; (8) (uk) remaining (in a particular state); (P) #7,403 [Add to Longdo] |
| 狂言 | [きょうげん, kyougen] (n) (1) (See 本狂言, 間狂言) kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; (2) kabuki play; kabuki performance; (3) make-believe; ruse; trick; (P) #18,044 [Add to Longdo] |
| 歌舞伎座 | [かぶきざ, kabukiza] (n) (1) kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); (2) Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo) #18,243 [Add to Longdo] |
| 黒子;黒衣 | [くろご;くろこ, kurogo ; kuroko] (n) (1) stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; (2) behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller #19,962 [Add to Longdo] |
| しゃぎり | [shagiri] (n) (1) short flute piece (in kyogen; usu. a lively solo); (2) (also written as 砂切) flute and drum music played after each act but the last (in kabuki) [Add to Longdo] |
| 阿国歌舞伎 | [おくにかぶき, okunikabuki] (n) Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period) [Add to Longdo] |
| 一幕見席 | [ひとまくみせき, hitomakumiseki] (n) special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play [Add to Longdo] |
| 引き抜き;引抜き | [ひきぬき, hikinuki] (n) (1) hiring from another company; recruitment; scouting; headhunting; (2) quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); (3) drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate) [Add to Longdo] |
| 雲気 | [うんき, unki] (n) (1) cloud; look of the sky; movement of clouds; (2) kabuki accessory representing a cloud; (3) type of strange mist appearing in the sky, used for divination [Add to Longdo] |
| 音羽屋 | [おとわや, otowaya] (n) Otowaya (stage name of a kabuki family) [Add to Longdo] |
| 下地っ子 | [したじっこ, shitajikko] (n) young boy or girl being trained as a geisha or as a kabuki actor [Add to Longdo] |
| 下部機関 | [かぶきかん, kabukikan] (n) subordinate offices or institutions [Add to Longdo] |
| 歌舞伎狂言 | [かぶききょうげん, kabukikyougen] (n) (1) kabuki play; kabuki drama; (2) kabuki script [Add to Longdo] |
| 歌舞伎劇 | [かぶきげき, kabukigeki] (n) kabuki play; kabuki drama [Add to Longdo] |
| 歌舞伎芝居 | [かぶきしばい, kabukishibai] (n) kabuki play [Add to Longdo] |
| 歌舞伎者;傾奇者;かぶき者 | [かぶきもの, kabukimono] (n) dandy; peacock; early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza; Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior [Add to Longdo] |
| 歌舞伎十八番 | [かぶきじゅうはちばん, kabukijuuhachiban] (n) repertoire of 18 kabuki plays [Add to Longdo] |
| 歌舞伎舞踊 | [かぶきぶよう, kabukibuyou] (n) (See 所作事) kabuki dance [Add to Longdo] |
| 歌舞伎踊り;歌舞伎踊 | [かぶきおどり, kabukiodori] (n) early kabuki dance [Add to Longdo] |
| 絵入根本;絵入り根本 | [えいりねほん, eirinehon] (n) illustrated kabuki script [Add to Longdo] |
| 掛け声(P);掛声;かけ声 | [かけごえ, kakegoe] (n, vs) yell used to time or encourage activity (e.g. "Heave ho!", "On three ... One, two, three!" in English); enthusiastic shout from the audience (e.g. in kabuki); shouting (in concerts); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 活歴 | [かつれき, katsureki] (n) variety of kabuki, based on historical events [Add to Longdo] |
| 株金 | [かぶきん, kabukin] (n) (money for) stock investment [Add to Longdo] |
| 冠木 | [かぶき, kabuki] (n) lintel; crossbar; gate with a crossbar; roofed gate [Add to Longdo] |
| 冠木門 | [かぶきもん, kabukimon] (n) gate with a crossbar [Add to Longdo] |
| 顔見せ;顔見世 | [かおみせ, kaomise] (n, vs) (1) (esp. 顔見せ) making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (2) (esp. 顔見世) introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); (3) (esp. 顔見世) (See 顔見世狂言) December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform [Add to Longdo] |
| 顔見世狂言 | [かおみせきょうげん, kaomisekyougen] (n) December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform [Add to Longdo] |
| 伎芸 | [ぎげい, gigei] (n) art of kabuki [Add to Longdo] |
| 義経千本桜 | [よしつねせんぼんざくら, yoshitsunesenbonzakura] (n) Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play) [Add to Longdo] |
| 狂言作者 | [きょうげんさくしゃ, kyougensakusha] (n) house playwright (of kabuki) [Add to Longdo] |
| 狂言方 | [きょうげんかた, kyougenkata] (n) (1) kyogen performer; (2) low-ranked house playwright (of kabuki) [Add to Longdo] |
| 見巧者 | [みごうしゃ, migousha] (n) experienced viewer (of theatre, kabuki, etc.); kabuki connoisseur [Add to Longdo] |
| 御家芸;お家芸 | [おいえげい, oiegei] (n) (1) one's specialty; one's forte; (2) specialty of a kabuki school [Add to Longdo] |
| 口上 | [こうじょう, koujou] (n) (1) vocal message; speech; statement; (2) prologue at the start of a kabuki performance; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 江戸歌舞伎 | [えどかぶき, edokabuki] (n) (See 江戸狂言) Edo-style kabuki [Add to Longdo] |
| 江戸狂言 | [えどきょうげん, edokyougen] (n) (See 上方狂言) Edo-style kabuki [Add to Longdo] |
| 高土間 | [たかどま, takadoma] (n) upper parterre (e.g. in a kabuki theatre) [Add to Longdo] |
| 黒ん坊;黒んぼ | [くろんぼう(黒ん坊);くろんぼ, kuronbou ( kuro n bou ); kuronbo] (n) (1) (derog) (See 白んぼ) dark-skinned person; well-tanned person; (2) (wheat) smut; (3) (See 黒衣・くろご・1) stagehand (in kabuki); prompter [Add to Longdo] |
| 殺し場 | [ころしば, koroshiba] (n) murder scene (in kabuki, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 三枚目 | [さんまいめ, sanmaime] (n) (1) (from Kabuki system of ranking characters) comedian; actor who plays comic roles; (2) figure of fun; laughing stock [Add to Longdo] |
| 七変化 | [しちへんげ;シチヘンゲ, shichihenge ; shichihenge] (n) (1) (uk) (See ランタナ) lantana (plant, flower); (2) kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times [Add to Longdo] |
| 若衆 | [わかしゅ;わかしゅう, wakashu ; wakashuu] (n) (1) young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); (2) young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); (3) (See 念者・ねんしゃ・2) younger partner in a homosexual relationship [Add to Longdo] |
| 若衆歌舞伎 | [わかしゅかぶき, wakashukabuki] (n) young men's kabuki [Add to Longdo] |
| 十八番(P);御箱 | [じゅうはちばん(十八番)(P);おはこ, juuhachiban ( juuhachiban )(P); ohako] (n) (1) (じゅうはちばん only) No. 18; eighteenth; (2) (じゅうはちばん only) (abbr) (See 歌舞伎十八番) repertoire of 18 kabuki plays; (3) one's favourite stunt (favorite); one's specialty; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 出語り | [でがたり, degatari] (n) (See 浄瑠璃) onstage appearance of the joruri musicians and chanters (in kabuki) [Add to Longdo] |
| 所作 | [しょさ;そさ(ok), shosa ; sosa (ok)] (n) (1) conduct; behaviour; (2) movements; gesture; one's carriage; (3) performance (on stage, etc.); dance; acting; (4) (abbr) (See 所作事) dance (in kabuki); dance play [Add to Longdo] |
| 所作事 | [しょさごと, shosagoto] (n) dance (in kabuki); dance play [Add to Longdo] |
