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)

狂言

きょうげん

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

能狂言

のうきょうげん

noh farce, noh interlude

狂言方

きょうげんかた

kyogen performer

狂言師

きょうげんし

kyogen performer

俄狂言

にわかきょうげん

impromptu skit, (theatrical) farce, extravaganza

切狂言

きりきょうげん

last piece in a kabuki programme

地狂言

じきょうげん

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

本狂言

ほんきょうげん

discrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays)

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

照葉狂言

てりはきょうげん あきらはきょうげん

type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)

狂言強盗

きょうげんごうとう

fake (staged) robbery

通し狂言

とおしきょうげん

performance of an entire play

狂言綺語

きょうげんきご きょうげんきぎょ

make-believe fiction

狂言自殺

きょうげんじさつ

faked suicide, sham suicide, pseudocide

茶番狂言

ちゃばんきょうげん

farce, burlesque, low comedy

上方狂言

かみがたきょうげん

kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka

狂言回し

きょうげんまわし

supporting, but indispensable role, major supporting role