Friday, May 13, 2011

kodomo kabuki is awesome!!!


Kabuki (歌舞伎 kabuki) is classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers.


The individual kanji characters, from left to right, mean sing (歌), dance (舞), and skill (伎). Kabuki is therefore sometimes translated as "the art of singing and dancing." These are, however, ateji characters which do not reflect actual etymology. The kanji of 'skill' generally refers to a performer in kabuki theatre. Since the word kabuki is believed to derive from the verb kabuku, meaning "to lean" or "to be out of the ordinary", kabuki can be interpreted as "avant-garde" or "bizarre" theatre. The expression kabukimono (歌舞伎者) referred originally to those who were bizarrely dressed and
swaggered on a street.

ここで語句のチェック
etymology
語源
bizarrely
格式的な
swagger
肩を切って、自慢げに

kids play kabuki gorgeously.
I enjoyed watching them play their parts beautifully.
It was awesome!!!


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