寄席よせ

also: よせせき

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

vaudeville theater; music hall; entertainment hall

A traditional Japanese theater where live variety entertainment such as rakugo, manzai, magic, and music is performed.

週しゅう末まつに浅あさ草くさの寄席よせで落らく語ごを聞きいた。
I listened to rakugo at a yose in Asakusa on the weekend.
寄席よせは昔むかしながらの雰ふん囲い気きが残のこっている。
The yose retains an old-fashioned atmosphere.

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Usage patterns

寄席よせに行いくto go to a vaudeville theater
週しゅう末まつに友とも達だちと寄席よせに行いった。
I went to a vaudeville theater with a friend over the weekend.
寄席よせで〈事こと〉〉を聴きくto listen to (rakugo, comedy, etc.) at a vaudeville theater
寄席よせで落らく語ごを聴きくのが好すきだ。
I love listening to rakugo at a vaudeville theater.
寄席よせに出でるto perform at a vaudeville theater
彼かれは毎まい晩ばん寄席よせに出でている落らく語ご家かだ。
He's a rakugo performer who appears at the theater every night.

Kanji

寄draw near, stop in, bring near
席seat, mat, occasion

Related words

演えん芸げい場じょう
演芸場 is a general term for a variety entertainment hall, while 寄席 specifically evokes the traditional, intimate atmosphere of rakugo and manzai halls.
劇げき場じょうN3
劇場 is the general word for any theater (plays, movies, concerts), whereas 寄席 refers specifically to a traditional variety hall for rakugo and similar acts.

Counted with

軒けんN4
Used when counting establishments/buildings like theaters or halls.

Written forms

寄席Usage100%
- よせ
  Standard kanji form; the reading よせ is the most common.
- よせせき
寄よせ席せき
Rare full spelling; the reading よせせき is less common.
よせせき

Etymology

The name is generally traced to 寄せ場 or 人寄せ席, terms for a place where audiences gathered for entertainment. The spelling 寄席 retains the sense of gathering and seating.