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kyogen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kyo-gen
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of traditional Japanese theatre, once performed alongside noh as a comic intermission.

Uncountable

noun

A work in this genre.

Countable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 狂言 (kyōgen), from Middle Chinese 狂言 (MC gjwang ngjon, “crazed ramblings”)), from 狂 (MC gjwang, “crazy, mad”) + 言 (MC ngjon, “speech”).

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Inflected Forms

kyogens (plural) kyōgen (alternative)

Questions

What does kyogen mean?
A form of traditional Japanese theatre, once performed alongside noh as a comic intermission.
Where does kyogen come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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