kabuki

See also: Kabuki

English

WOTD – 22 December 2006

Depiction of a kabuki theater scene.

Alternative forms

• Kabuki

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈbuːki/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧bu‧ki
• Rhymes: -uːki

Noun

kabuki (uncountable) (often capitalized)

1. A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.

Derived terms

• kabuki brush

Translations

form of Japanese theatre

• Arabic: كَابُوكِي m (kābūkī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歌舞伎 (zh) (gēwǔjì)

• Czech: kabuki n
• Finnish: kabuki
• German: Kabuki (de) n, Kabukitheater n
• Hungarian: kabuki (hu)
• Japanese: 歌舞伎 (ja) (かぶき, kabuki)
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• Korean: 가부키 (gabuki)
• Kyrgyz: кабуки (ky) (kabuki)
• Malay: kabuki
• Marathi: काबुकी (kābukī)
• Mongolian: кабүки (kabüki)
• Portuguese: kabuki (pt) m, cabúqui (pt) m
• Russian: кабу́ки (ru) m (kabúki) (indeclinable)
• Swedish: kabuki (sv)
• Vietnamese: kịch kabuki

Anagrams

• Kubiak

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbuki/
• Hyphenation: ka‧bu‧ki

Noun

kabuki (first-person possessive kabukiku, second-person possessive kabukimu, third-person possessive kabukinya)

1. (art, drama) kabuki.

Further reading

• “kabuki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

kabuki

1. Rōmaji transcription of かぶき

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cabúqui

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki).

Noun

kabuki m (uncountable)

1. kabuki (form of Japanese theatre)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki).

Noun

kabuki m (plural kabukis)

1. kabuki

Adjective

1. Relating to kabuki