"狂言" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [kʲo̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 狂言 [canonical] (ruby: (きょう), (げん)), kyōgen [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|きょうげん}} 狂(きょう)言(げん) • (kyōgen)
  1. (kabuki) A play; a kabuki piece.
    Sense id: en-狂言-ja-noun-nXT5fEjt
  2. (theater) Kyogen, a humorous theater piece, frequently presented as a comic interlude in a program of noh performances.
    Sense id: en-狂言-ja-noun-UzBWtD6c Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Theater, Pages with entries, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 2 4 2 16 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 55 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 45 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 4 44 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 55 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 45 51 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  3. A charade; a put-on; a performance meant to trick someone.
    Sense id: en-狂言-ja-noun-NR2coDn1 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 3 6 3 13 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 2 4 2 16 42 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 40 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 45 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 14 35 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 16 35 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 4 44 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 45 51
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Download raw JSONL data for 狂言 meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)

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