Word Meaning 能太夫

のうだゆう noudayuu

能太夫 is read as のうだゆう (noudayuu) and means high-ranking noh actor.

Meaning

English

high-ranking noh actor
head of a noh school

Reading

Kana

のうだゆう

Romaji

noudayuu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 95642 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

太夫

たゆう

female role actor in kabuki

義太夫

ぎだゆう

gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)

仁太夫

にだゆう

manager of itinerant entertainers (Edo period)

太夫元

たゆうもと

manager (theatrical company)

義太夫語り

ぎだゆうかたり

gidayū reciter

義太夫節

ぎだゆうぶし

gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater)

能力

のうりょく

ability

能

のう

noh (theatre)

能く

よく

(you have) quite the nerve to

能面

のうめん

noh mask

能楽

のうがく

noh play

能動

のうどう

activity