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    落語

    落らく語ご

    rakugo

    KMT6News #11+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab26 strokes

    らくご

    Noun

    1.
    rakugo, traditional Japanese comic storytelling, comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

    Stroke 0 / 26

    Speed1.0x

    私わたしは落らく語ごを見みるのが好すきです。

    I like watching Rakugo.

    KMT4Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    落らく語ごは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな話はな芸げいです。

    Rakugo is a traditional Japanese storytelling art.

    KMT6Culture & Traditions
    寄よ席せで生なまの落らく語ごを聞きくのは、とても楽たのしい経けい験けんです。

    Listening to live Rakugo at a yose (storytelling theater) is a very enjoyable experience.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    落らく語ご家かは、扇せん子すと手てぬぐいだけで様さま々ざまな登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつを演えんじ分わけます。

    A Rakugo storyteller performs various characters using only a fan and a hand towel.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    若わかい世せ代だいの間あいだでも、落らく語ごの人にん気きが再さい燃ねんしています。

    The popularity of Rakugo is rekindling even among the younger generation.

    KMT7Culture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    落
    お.ちる・お.ち・お.とす…(2)
    fall・drop・come down・village・hamlet
    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
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