Word Meaning 狂言

きょうげん kyougen

狂言 is read as きょうげん (kyougen) and means kabuki play.

Meaning

English

kabuki play
kabuki performance
kyogen
farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play
make-believe
ruse
trick

Reading

Kana

きょうげん

Romaji

kyougen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 12848 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

狂言方

きょうげんかた

kyogen performer

狂言回し

きょうげんまわし

supporting, but indispensable role

狂言強盗

きょうげんごうとう

fake (staged) robbery

狂言師

きょうげんし

kyogen performer

狂言座

きょうげんざ

place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage (where the interlude kyogen actors wait)

狂言自殺

きょうげんじさつ

faked suicide

狂言作者

きょうげんさくしゃ

house playwright (of kabuki)

狂言誘拐

きょうげんゆうかい

fake kidnapping

狂言綺語

きょうげんきご

make-believe fiction

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