kyogen
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 狂言 (kyōgen きょうげん), from Middle Chinese 狂言 (güang-ngjon "crazed ramblings"), from 狂 ("crazy", "mad") + 言 ("speech").
Noun
kyogen (countable and uncountable, plural kyogens)
- (uncountable) A form of traditional Japanese theatre, once performed alongside noh as a comic intermission.
- (countable) A work in this genre.
Japanese
Romanization
kyogen
- Rōmaji transcription of きょげん