Word Meaning 本狂言

ほんきょうげん honkyougen

本狂言 is read as ほんきょうげん (honkyougen) and means discrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays).

Meaning

English

discrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays)

Reading

Kana

ほんきょうげん

Romaji

honkyougen

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 62189 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

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

切狂言

きりきょうげん

last piece in a kabuki programme