Word Meaning 俄狂言

にわかきょうげん niwakakyougen

俄狂言 is read as にわかきょうげん (niwakakyougen) and means impromptu skit.

Meaning

English

  1. impromptu skit
  2. (theatrical) farce
  3. extravaganza

Reading

Kana

にわかきょうげん

Romaji

niwakakyougen

Writing Variants

  • 仁輪加狂言 にわかきょうげん niwakakyougen

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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狂言

きょうげん

kabuki play

二番目狂言

にばんめきょうげん

second play on the program

上方狂言

かみがたきょうげん

kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style

顔見世狂言

かおみせきょうげん

December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

本狂言

ほんきょうげん

discrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays)

地狂言

じきょうげん

local amateur kabuki performance (esp. popular in the late Edo and early Meiji periods)

間狂言

あいきょうげん

kyogen interlude

間の狂言

あいのきょうげん

kyogen interlude

通し狂言

とおしきょうげん

performance of an entire play

当たり狂言

あたりきょうげん

a hit play

水狂言

みずきょうげん

theatre that uses water for tricks, etc.(during hot weather)

能狂言

のうきょうげん

noh farce