English Dictionary

kabuki

IPA（発音記号）

/kəˈbuːki/

名詞

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

日本語の意味

日本の伝統的な舞台芸術（歌舞伎） - 豪華な衣装を纏った男性俳優が、様式化された動作や踊り、歌を用いて悲劇や喜劇を演じる形式の演劇です。

We watched a kabuki performance last night and were mesmerized by the elaborate costumes and stylized movements.

昨夜、歌舞伎の公演を観て、華やかな衣装と様式化された所作に魅了されました。

意味（1）

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

Despite its self-consciously assumed irreverence toward traditional practices, “Hokaibo” incorporates all the essential elements of classic Kabuki: the all-male company of actors, exaggerated makeup, the stomping dances, the arresting, cross-eyed poses at moments of high drama that are recognized and applauded.

意味（2）

(by extension, US) A stylized, pretentious, and often hollow performance; (especially) political posturing.

Health care reform recently brought Kabuki to mind for both Rush Limbaugh—“what you have here is ‘Kabuki theater’”—and New York Times columnist Frank Rich: “[I]f I were to place an incautious bet on which political event will prove the most significant of February 2010, I wouldn’t choose the kabuki health care summit.”