太夫;大夫 [たゆう] |
/(n) (1) (See 能太夫) high-ranking Noh actor/(2) head of a school of noh performance/(3) high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)/(4) (See 浄瑠璃,万歳・まんざい) joruri narrator/manzai narrator/(5) (See 女形) female role actor in kabuki/(6) (See 御師) low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine/(7) (太夫 only) lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)/EntL1650420X/ |