Nounkyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play · kabuki play; kabuki performance · make-believe; ruse; trick

Nounspeech; address; verbal message; (formal) greeting; statement · curtain speech; prologue; on-stage greeting · way of speaking; manner of speech

Counterthe nth ... · divisions of a kabuki performance

Nounbill; bill of sale; payment invoice · tab (for later payment); credit · attachment; contact play

Noundeparture; setting off; start · being used up; being consumed; being burnt out · passage of time; lapse