太夫
たゆう
tayuu
What does 太夫 mean in English?
- high-ranking noh actor(n)
- head of a school of noh performance(n)
- high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)(n)
- jōruri narrator; manzai narrator(n)
- female role actor in kabuki(n)
- low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine(n)
- lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)(n)