kabuki
A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized…A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.
» I saw a kabuki play in Tokyo.
Ich sah eine Kabuki-Aufführung in Tokio.
Meaning
2 senses(capitalized, often, uncountable)A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.
Kabuki, Kabukitheater
кабу́киkabúki
(US, broadly, figuratively, uncountable)A stylized, pretentious, and often hollow performance; (especially) political posturing.
Examples
18 sentencesI saw a kabuki play in Tokyo.
deIch sah eine Kabuki-Aufführung in Tokio. — Esperantostern
Kabuki is an old Japanese art.
Кабукі - давнє японське мистецтво. — ChickenKiev
ruКабуки — древнее японское искусство. — Hellerick
deKabuki ist eine alte japanische Kunst. — Zaghawa
Do you know kabuki?
ruТы знаешь, что такое кабуки? — marafon
deKennst du das Kabuki-Theater? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
That book on kabuki might be expensive.
ruЭта книга о кабуки может быть дорогой. — Mira
That kabuki actor is very popular with young people.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki).Borrowed from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki).
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Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable