Noh

See also: noh, NOH, and nôh

English

Alternative forms

• No
• Nō

Etymology

An irregular romanization of Japanese 能 (nō, literally “[performing] skill, talent”).

Noun

Noh (countable and uncountable, plural Nohs)

1. (uncountable) A kind of classical Japanese musical drama.
2. (countable, rare, possibly dated) An individual play in this style.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Noh.

Translations

Japanese musical drama

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 能劇／能剧 (néngjù), 能剧 (Néngjù)

• French: nô (fr) m
• Hungarian: nó (hu)
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• Japanese: 能 (ja) (のう, Nō), 能楽 (ja) (のうがく, Nōgaku)
• Korean: 노 (ko) (No), 노가쿠 (Nogaku), 노가쿠 (Nogaku)
• Russian: но (ru) m (no)

Anagrams

• 'hon, Hon, Hon., h'on, hon, ohn