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    3. 文楽

    文楽

    文ぶん楽らく

    bunraku

    KMT6News #14+1NounCulture & TraditionsMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab17 strokes

    ぶんらく

    Noun

    1.
    bunraku, Japanese puppet theatre (theater)

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    Speed1.0x

    文ぶん楽らくは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう芸げい能のうです。

    Bunraku is a traditional Japanese performing art.

    KMT5Culture & Traditions
    大おお阪さかで文ぶん楽らくの公こう演えんを観みた。

    I watched a Bunraku performance in Osaka.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation
    文ぶん楽らくの人にん形ぎょう遣つかいは、一いっ体たいの人にん形ぎょうを三さん人にんで操あやつる。

    Bunraku puppeteers operate one puppet with three people.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    ユネスコ無む形けい文ぶん化か遺い産さんに登とう録ろくされている文ぶん楽らく。

    Bunraku is registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistory
    文ぶん楽らくの語かたりや三しゃ味みせ線んの音ね色いろは、観かん客きゃくを魅み了りょうする。

    The narration and shamisen melodies of Bunraku captivate the audience.

    KMT7Music & EntertainmentCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    文
    ふみ・あや…(5)
    sentence・literature・style・art・decoration…(3)
    楽
    たの.しい・たの.しむ・この.む…(7)
    music・comfort・ease
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