Word Meaning 田楽

でんがく dengaku

田楽 is read as でんがく (dengaku) and means ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples.

Meaning

English

  1. ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples
  2. tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso
  3. turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
  4. rice dance
  5. rice festival

Reading

Kana

でんがく

Romaji

dengaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 22308 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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田楽焼

でんがくやき

skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked

田楽法師

でんがくほうし

professional dengaku performer (usu. appearing as a monk)

田楽返し

でんがくがえし

device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play

田楽刺し

でんがくざし

skewering

田楽豆腐

でんがくどうふ

skewered pieces of tofu baked and coated with miso

rice field

田長

たおさ

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

田ぶ

でんぶ

fish floss

田地

でんじ

farmland

田作

でんさく

rice-field tilling

田作り

たづくり

small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar