プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
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