kabuki
noun/kəˈbuːki/
/kəˈbuːki/
[uncountable] (from Japanese)- traditional Japanese theatre, in which songs, dance and mime are performed by menTopics Film and theatrec2Word OriginJapanese, originally as a verb meaning ‘act dissolutely’, later interpreted as if from ka ‘song’ + bu ‘dance’ + ki ‘art’.
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