[たゆう, tayuu](n) (1) (See 能太夫) high-ranking Noh actor; (2) head of a school of noh performance; (3) high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); (4) (See 浄瑠璃, 万歳・まんざい) joruri narrator; manzai narrator; (5) (See 女形) female role actor in kabuki; (6) (See 御師) low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine; (7) (太夫 only) lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)#6515[Add to Longdo]
[きり, kiri](n) (1) end; finish; stop; (2) (See 切りがない, 切りのない) bounds; limits; (3) (esp. 限り, 限) delivery date (of a futures contract); (4) finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in joruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville); (suf, ctr) (5) counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat); (prt) (6) (uk) (senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech) (See っ切り・っきり・1) only; just; (7) (uk) (usu. in a negative sentence) since; (8) (uk) remaining (in a particular state); (P)#7403[Add to Longdo]