noun
ritual music and dancing at shrines and temples
Traditional performing art with roots in Heian-period rice-planting rituals, later incorporated into shrine and temple festivals.
この神社では毎年秋に田楽が奉納される。
At this shrine, dengaku is dedicated every autumn.
田楽は田植えの時期に行われる伝統的な踊りです。
Dengaku is a traditional dance performed during the rice-planting season.
noun
miso-glazed tofu (or fish)
Abbreviation of 田楽焼き. Skewered tofu, konnyaku, or fish coated with miso and grilled.
See also: 田楽焼き
夕食に田楽を作った。
I made miso-glazed tofu for dinner.
noun
turning something over like cooking dengaku
Abbreviation of 田楽返し. Refers to flipping something over in the same way one grills both sides of dengaku-tofu.
See also: 田楽返し
「田楽返し」という言葉は、物をひっくり返す動作を表すのに使われる。
The term 'dengaku-gaeshi' is used to describe the action of flipping something over.
Originally referred to music and dance associated with rice-planting rituals (田 = rice field, 楽 = music). The food sense derives from the resemblance of skewered tofu to the costumes or movements of dengaku performers.