囃子

はやし

Japanese orchestra, band, accompaniment

舞囃子

まいばやし

type of informal noh musical performance

囃子方

はやしかた

(noh) musician, orchestra leader

狸囃子

たぬきばやし

tanuki drumming on their stomachs

出囃子

でばやし

on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play

祭囃子

まつりばやし

festival music

居囃子

いばやし

short noh piece with three seated performers

五人囃子

ごにんばやし

five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)

馬鹿囃子

ばかばやし

orchestra present at Japanese festival, festival music (may be sung from a festival float)

嘈囃

そうざつ

heartburn, sour stomach

囃す

はやす

to play accompaniment, to keep time

入れ子詞

いれこことば

language game in which extra syllables are added to words

子音動詞

しいんどうし

consonantal verb (e.g. godan verb), consonant stem verb

詞

し

words, writing, lyrics

言い囃す

いいはやす

to praise, to spread or circulate a rumor (rumour)

動詞状名詞

どうしじょうめいし

gerund

詞賦

しふ ことばふ

Chinese poetry

返詞

へんし

reply

枕詞

まくらことば

pillow word (decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature)