七なな化ばけ

noun

quick-change dance (kabuki)

A kabuki dance where the performer changes costume seven times in quick succession. Compare 七変化 (しちへんげ).

See also: 七変化

• 歌か舞ぶ伎きの七なな化ばけは、役やく者しゃが舞ぶ台たい上じょうで七なな回かい衣い装しょうを変かえる見みせ場ばだ。

  In kabuki, the 七化け is a highlight where the actor changes costume seven times on stage.

noun

seven disguises of a ninja

Refers to the legendary ability of ninja to adopt seven different disguises (e.g., merchant, monk, samurai). Often encountered in historical or fictional contexts.

• 忍にん者じゃは七なな化ばけの術じゅつを使つかって敵てき地ちに潜せん入にゅうしたと言いわれる。

  It is said that ninja infiltrated enemy territory using the art of the seven disguises.