照葉

てりは てるは

beautiful shiny autumn leaves

狂言

きょうげん

kyogen, farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play

言葉

ことば けとば

language, dialect

切狂言

きりきょうげん

last piece in a kabuki programme

能狂言

のうきょうげん

noh farce, noh interlude

俄狂言

にわかきょうげん

impromptu skit, (theatrical) farce, extravaganza

狂言方

きょうげんかた

kyogen performer

狂言師

きょうげんし

kyogen performer

本狂言

ほんきょうげん

discrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays)

地狂言

じきょうげん

local amateur kabuki performance (esp. popular in the late Edo and early Meiji periods)

水狂言

みずきょうげん

theatre that uses water for tricks, etc.(during hot weather)

狂言座

きょうげんざ

place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage

間狂言

あいきょうげん

kyogen interlude, short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)

言の葉

ことのは ことのえ

word

口言葉

くちことば

spoken language, spoken words

国言葉

くにことば

national language, local dialect

言葉質

ことばじち ことばしつ

a promise or pledge

棄言葉

すてことば

sharp parting remark

言葉尻

ことばじり

word ending