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meriyasu

meriyasu noun: a style of instrumental music used as scoring in kabuki.

Noun

meriyasu (uncountable)

  1. A style of instrumental music used as scoring in kabuki

Origin of meriyasu

Borrowed from Japanese メリヤス (“a stretchy knit fabric”)

Questions about meriyasu

What does meriyasu mean?
Meriyasu means a style of instrumental music used as scoring in kabuki.
What part of speech is meriyasu?
Meriyasu is a noun.

Words near meriyasu in the dictionary

  1. merits
  2. Meritt
  3. Meritts
  4. Meriwether
  5. Meriwether County
  6. meriyasu
  7. Merișani
  8. Merjee
  9. merjet
  10. merk
  11. Merkabah

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