太夫

たゆう

• high-ranking noh actor n
• head of a school of noh performance n
• high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period) n
• jōruri narrator; manzai narrator n
• female role actor in kabuki n
• low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine n
• lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank) n

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Kanji

太

タイ • タ

ふと.い • ふと.る

plump; thick; big around

Grade Level 2

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夫

フ • フウ • ブ

おっと • それ

husband; man

Grade Level 4

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Synonyms

能太夫

のうだゆう

• high-ranking noh actor; head of a noh school n

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浄瑠璃

じょうるり

• jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater) n

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万歳

まんざい ばんざい ばんぜい バンザイ

• door-to-door manzai; form of comedy originally performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai n
• crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture) int n
• something worthy of celebration int n
• giving up int n
• long time int n arch
• eternal life (and prosperity) int n arch
• banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray) int

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女形

おんながた おやま

• onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles n
• female partner (in a relationship) n

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御師

おし おんし

• low-ranking priest n Shinto

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