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sangaku

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period)

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zatsugei

Noun (common)
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Noun (common)
  1. various forms of arts (e.g. acrobatics, magic, puppetry, sarugaku acrobatics performance)

  2. miscellaneous songs popular from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period

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