[くせ;クセ, kuse ; kuse](n) (1) (uk) long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight; (n-pref) (2) (See 曲者・1) wrong; improper; indecent#188[Add to Longdo]
[ち, chi](n) (1) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; (2) the region in question; the local area; (3) skin; (4) texture; fabric; material; weave; (5) base; background; (6) one's true nature; (7) narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); (8) real life; actuality; (9) (in the game of go) captured territory; (10) (See 地謡) noh chorus; (11) (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (12) (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); (13) base part (of multiple shamisens)#208[Add to Longdo]
[ちほう(P);じかた, chihou (P); jikata](n, adj-no) (1) area; locality; district; region; province; (2) countryside; rural area; (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water); (4) (じかた only) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance; (P)#416[Add to Longdo]
[そのほか(P);そのた, sonohoka (P); sonota](n-adv, conj) (そのた is more the written form) etc.; otherwise; besides; in addition; the rest; the others; and so forth; (P)#481[Add to Longdo]
[きざはし;きだはし(ok);はし(階)(ok), kizahashi ; kidahashi (ok); hashi ( kai )(ok)](n) (1) (はし refers to the stairs leading from a building to a garden) (See 階段) stairs; (2) (きざはし only) stairs at the front of a noh stage#1097[Add to Longdo]
[きゅう, kyuu](adj-na) (1) urgent; sudden; abrupt; (2) sharp; steep; precipitous; (3) rapid; swift; fast; (n) (4) emergency; crisis; (5) hurrying; haste; (6) (See 序破急) (in gagaku or noh) end of a song; (P)#3744[Add to Longdo]
[わき, waki](n) (1) armpit; under one's arm; side; flank; (2) (also written as 傍, 側) beside; close to; near; by; (3) aside; to the side; away; out of the way; (4) off-track; off-topic; (5) (usu. written ワキ in Noh) deuteragonist; supporting role; (6) (abbr) (See 脇句) second verse (in a linked series of poems); (P)#5679[Add to Longdo]
[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]