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单词 kabuki
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Definition of kabuki in English:

kabuki

nounkəˈbuːkikəˈbo͞okē
mass noun
  • A form of traditional Japanese drama with highly stylized song, mime, and dance, now performed only by male actors, using exaggerated gestures and body movements to express emotions, and including historical plays, domestic dramas, and dance pieces.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He wrote for kabuki as well as the traditional Japanese puppet dramas called bunraku.
    • It was a new theatrical language, drawing on the Japanese traditions of noh and kabuki theatre, and combining them with influences from Western contemporary dance and literature.
    • Mie is considered as a challenge for each kabuki actor and can be played only by experienced performers.
    • She studied traditional dance and kabuki in Japan but doesn't incorporate it into her work.
    • For every dignified traditional leisure activity like kabuki or Noh theater, there are sordid underground clubs where fetishes and fringe elements are offered and capitalized upon.
    • The Tokugawa Period gave rise to the bunraku puppet drama and kabuki theater, for which Chikamatsu wrote tragedies.
    • Osaka prints are with a few exceptions of bijin prints exclusively designs of actors and kabuki scenes.
    • The play even introduces elements of kabuki, shouted Japanese, and eleventh-century visuals into its overweening mix.
    • Onnagata, kabuki actors who specialize in female roles, embody an ideal of refined ultrafemininity.
    • The fifth suite has Japanese kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando executing a series of dances while Ma plays.

Origin

Japanese, originally as a verb meaning 'act dissolutely', later interpreted as if from ka 'song' + bu 'dance' + ki 'art'.

Rhymes

adzuki, bouzouki, fluky, kooky, pukey, saluki, spooky, Sukie, Suzuki, verrucae
 
 

Definition of kabuki in US English:

kabuki

nounkəˈbo͞okē
  • A form of traditional Japanese drama with highly stylized song, mime, and dance, now performed only by male actors, using exaggerated gestures and body movements to express emotions, and including historical plays, domestic dramas, and dance pieces.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She studied traditional dance and kabuki in Japan but doesn't incorporate it into her work.
    • For every dignified traditional leisure activity like kabuki or Noh theater, there are sordid underground clubs where fetishes and fringe elements are offered and capitalized upon.
    • Mie is considered as a challenge for each kabuki actor and can be played only by experienced performers.
    • Osaka prints are with a few exceptions of bijin prints exclusively designs of actors and kabuki scenes.
    • He wrote for kabuki as well as the traditional Japanese puppet dramas called bunraku.
    • The fifth suite has Japanese kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando executing a series of dances while Ma plays.
    • The Tokugawa Period gave rise to the bunraku puppet drama and kabuki theater, for which Chikamatsu wrote tragedies.
    • The play even introduces elements of kabuki, shouted Japanese, and eleventh-century visuals into its overweening mix.
    • Onnagata, kabuki actors who specialize in female roles, embody an ideal of refined ultrafemininity.
    • It was a new theatrical language, drawing on the Japanese traditions of noh and kabuki theatre, and combining them with influences from Western contemporary dance and literature.

Origin

Japanese, originally as a verb meaning ‘act dissolutely’, later interpreted as if from ka ‘song’ + bu ‘dance’ + ki ‘art’.

 
 
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