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noudayuu

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. high-ranking noh actor; head of a noh school

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tayuu

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Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. high-ranking noh actor

  2. head of a school of noh performance

  3. high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)

  4. jōruri narrator; manzai narrator

  5. female role actor in kabuki

  6. low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

  7. lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)

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