Word Meaning 出囃子

でばやし debayashi

出囃子 is read as でばやし (debayashi) and means on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play.

Meaning

English

  1. on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play
  2. shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

Reading

Kana

でばやし

Romaji

debayashi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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囃子

はやし

accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.)

五人囃子

ごにんばやし

five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)

馬鹿囃子

ばかばやし

orchestra present at Japanese festival

舞囃子

まいばやし

type of informal noh musical performance

居囃子

いばやし

short noh piece with three seated performers

祭囃子

まつりばやし

festival music

狸囃子

たぬきばやし

tanuki drumming on their stomachs

囃子方

はやしかた

musical accompanist (in noh, kabuki, etc.)

出生

しゅっしょう

birth

出国

しゅっこく

departure from a country

出入り

でいり

indentations (e.g. of a coastline)