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kabuki in British English
(kæˈbuːkɪ)
noun
a form of Japanese drama based on popular legends and characterized by elaborate costumes, stylized acting, and the use of male actors for all roles
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Japanese, from ka singing + bu dancing + ki artKabuki in American English
(kɑˈbuki; kəˈbuki)
noun
[also k-]
a form of Japanese drama dating from the 17th cent.: it is based on popular themes, with male and female roles performed by men only, chiefly in formalized pantomime, dance, and song
Word origin
Jpn, nominal form of kabuku, to be divergent, to deviate: in ref. to the early evaluation of this drama formImage ofkabuki
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Word lists withkabuki
Types of drama- tolu
- toluate
- toluca
- toluca de lerdo
- toluene
- toluic
- toluic acid
- toluid
- toluide
- toluidide
- toluidin
- toluidine
- toluidine blue
- to lull sb to sleep
- to lumber into view/across the square
- to lump together
- toluol
- to lure sb into/to sth
- to lust after sb
- to lust for or after sth
- tolu tree
- toluyl
- tolyatti
- tolyl
- tolzey