- 狂言
- きょうげん
play
drama
make-believe* * *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.
* * *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.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.