二に番ばん目め狂きょう言げん

noun

second play on the program

In kabuki, the second play of a program, typically a domestic drama (sewamono) following the historical first play.

• 今日きょうの歌か舞ぶ伎き公こう演えんでは、二に番ばん目め狂きょう言げんとして『曽そ根ね崎ざき心しん中じゅう』が上じょう演えんされた。

  In today's kabuki performance, 'The Love Suicides at Sonezaki' was staged as the second play on the program.