狂言

きょうげん
play
drama
make-believe

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きょうげん【狂言】

①［演劇］ Kyogenplay 〖C〗

(Noh) farce

〖C〗.

②［うそ］

make-believe

〖U〗見せかけ， 偽り

sham

〖U〗［or a ～］見せかけ， いんちき

His illness was all a sham. 彼の病気は全くの狂言だった.

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きょうげん【狂言】

1 〔歌舞伎の芝居〕 a Kabuki play [drama, performance, piece].

●今晩の狂言は何ですか. What play will be performed this evening?

2 〔能狂言〕 a Noh farce; a comic interlude (performed as supplementary entertainment during a Noh program).

3 〔作りごと〕 a trick; a sham; a fake; a make-believe; a put-up job. [⇒しばい²]

間(_あい)狂言 an interlude [entr'acte] of kyōgen comedy (performed) during a Noh play.

当たり狂言 a successful play; a hit.

替わり狂言 a substitute [replacement] play [piece].

切り狂言 a curtain closer; the final play [last piece] in a Kabuki program.

前[幕開き]狂言 a curtain-raiser; the first play in a Kabuki program.

脇狂言 ⇒わききょうげん.

狂言強盗 〔行為〕 a fake robbery; 〔人〕 a fake robber.

狂言作者 a Kabuki playwright; a Kabuki dramatist.

狂言師 a Noh comedian.

狂言自殺 a mock [sham, fake, make-believe, 《口》 phon(e)y] suicide.

狂言回し a subsidiary character (in a Kabuki play) necessary for the development of the plot; 〔脇役〕 a second fiddle.

狂言誘拐 a fake(d) kidnapping.