ぜんざ

前座
opening performance
minor performer

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ぜんざ【前座】

an opening (performance); 〔前座語り〕 a minor performer [storyteller] 《at a vaudeville theater》.

●前座をつとめる play a subordinate [minor] part; play second fiddle to sb; act as a curtain raiser [lifter].

前座試合 〔ボクシングなどの〕 a preliminary.