Word Meaning 猿楽

さるがく sarugaku

猿楽 is read as さるがく (sarugaku) and means fooling around.

Meaning

English

  1. fooling around
  2. noh
  3. sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries)

Reading

Kana

さるがく

Romaji

sarugaku

Writing Variants

  • 猿楽 さるごう sarugou
  • 散楽 さるがく sarugaku
  • 散楽 さるごう sarugou
  • 申楽 さるがく sarugaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 126466 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

猿楽能

さるがくのう

noh

さる

bathhouse prostitute

猿人

えんじん

ape man

猿年

さるどし

year of the Monkey

猿手

さるで

ape hand (deformity)

猿田彦の命

さるたひこのみこと

Saruta Hiko no Mikoto (Shintō god)

猿子

ましこ

monkey

猿回し

さるまわし

showman who trains performing monkeys

猿目

さるもく

primates

猿公

えてこう

monkey

猿山

さるやま

artificial mountain in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)