List: noh
Terms used in noh, a classical form of Japanese drama.
noh noun noun (generic)
- place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage (where the interlude kyogen actors wait)
noh noun noun (generic)
- self-introduction (of a character)
JLPT N1 archaic noun noun (generic) noh
- inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryล system)
- old man
- white ash (of charcoal)
noh noun noun (generic)
- rear part of a stage (where musicians are seated)
Buddhism noun noun (generic) noh
- announcing meals (at a Zen monastery), meal announcer
- noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery
noun noun (generic) noh
- ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck
- something strange or suspicious
- idiot, fool
- mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
noh noun noun (generic) kabuki music
- accompaniment to a chant, musician accompanying a chant
- samisen accompaniment to a recitation, samisen player accompanying a recitation
- samisen music played between the sections of a nagauta, samisen interlude
noh noun noun (generic)
- kyogen interlude, short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)