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kyogens

kyogens is the plural of kyogen.

Meaning of kyogen

Noun

kyogen (countable and uncountable, plural kyogen or kyogens)

  1. (uncountable) A form of traditional Japanese theatre, once performed alongside noh as a comic intermission.
  2. (countable) A work in this genre.
    • Many kyogen include komai, small comic dances and songs which enhance the sense of fun or absurdity of a play.2016, Colleen Lanki, “Japan”, in Siyuan Liu, editor, Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre (Routledge Handbooks), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, part II (Dimensions of...

Questions about kyogens

What is kyogens the plural of?
Kyogens is the plural of kyogen.

Words near kyogens in the dictionary

  1. kynurenines
  2. kynurenins
  3. kyodai
  4. Kyoga
  5. kyogen
  6. kyogens
  7. Kyogle
  8. kyohwaso
  9. Kyoko
  10. kyokushin
  11. Kyongsong

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