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    3. 寄席

    寄席

    寄よ席せ

    entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.)

    KMT7News #18+1NounCulture & TraditionsMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab21 strokes

    寄せ席

    よせよせせき

    Noun

    1.
    entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.), vaudeville theater (theatre), music hall

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    週しゅう末まつに寄よ席せへ行いきました。

    I went to a yose (entertainment hall) on the weekend.

    KMT4Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    寄よ席せでは、落らく語ごや漫まん才ざいが楽たのしめます。

    You can enjoy rakugo and manzai at a yose.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    寄よ席せは、日に本ほんの大たい衆しゅう芸げい能のう文ぶん化かを支ささえる重じゅう要ような場ば所しょです。

    Yose are important places that support Japan's popular entertainment culture.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    若わかい芸げい人にんたちが寄よ席せで腕うでを磨みがき、観かん客きゃくを魅み了りょうしています。

    Young performers hone their skills at yose and captivate audiences.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    伝でん統とう的てきな寄よ席せの雰ふん囲い気きは、現げん代だいの劇げき場じょうとは一いっ線せんを画かくしています。

    The atmosphere of a traditional yose is distinctly different from modern theaters.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    寄
    よ.る・-よ.り・よ.せる…(4)
    draw near・stop in・bring near・gather・collect…(2)
    席
    むしろ…(1)
    seat・mat・occasion・place
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