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    3. 能楽

    能楽

    能のう楽がく

    noh play

    KMT5News #9+1NounCulture & TraditionsMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab23 strokes

    のうがく

    Noun

    1.
    noh play

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    能のう楽がくは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう芸げい能のうです。

    Nohgaku is a traditional Japanese performing art.

    KMT4Culture & Traditions
    彼かの女じょは能のう楽がくの舞ぶ台たいを初はじめて見みました。

    She saw a Nohgaku performance for the first time.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    能のう楽がくの演えん目もくには、神しん話わや歴れき史しに基もとづいた物も語のが多たりがおおい。

    Many Nohgaku plays are based on myths and historical stories.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsHistory
    能のう楽がくの音おん楽がくは、独どく特とくのリズムと謡うたいがとくちょ(うたい)が特 徴 です。

    Nohgaku music is characterized by its unique rhythm and chanting (utai).

    KMT6Music & EntertainmentCulture & Traditions
    能のう楽がくは、歌か舞ぶ伎きと並ならぶ日に本ほんの代だい表ひょう的てきな古こ典てん芸げい能のうとして世せ界かい的てきに評ひょう価かされています。

    Nohgaku is globally recognized as a representative classical Japanese performing art alongside Kabuki.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    能
    よ.く・あた.う…(5)
    ability・talent・skill・capacity
    楽
    たの.しい・たの.しむ・この.む…(7)
    music・comfort・ease
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