狂言

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

きょうげん【狂言】

&fRoman1;

❶〔能狂言〕a farce presented between Noh plays

❷〔芝居の出し物〕a play

幕前狂言
a curtain-raiser

間狂言
an explanatory interlude [entr'acte] between the two halves of a Noh play

切り狂言
a final play

当たり狂言
a successful [hit] play

&fRoman2;〔偽り〕a sham

どうせ狂言だろう
Of course he is only acting a part.

狂言自殺［強盗］
a sham [mock] suicide [robbery]

誘拐事件は狂言だった
The kidnapping was staged.

狂言師

a Noh comic actor

狂言回し

❶〔演劇の〕a supporting role (which is) indispensable to a play

❷〔陰の人物〕a wirepuller

出典　小学館「プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)」