後ご座ざ

noun

main performance; headliner

Used in entertainment contexts for the main act or top-billed performer, especially in traditional Japanese theater or variety shows.

• 今日きょうの後ご座ざは落らく語ごの大おお御ご所しょだ。

  Today's headliner is a rakugo master.

noun

latter half of a formal tea ceremony

Refers to the second part of a formal tea gathering (chaji), where the host serves thick tea (koicha) and then thin tea (usucha), and the guests actually drink. Contrasts with 初座 (shoza), the first half.

See also: 初座

• 後ご座ざでは濃こい茶ちゃと薄うす茶ちゃが振ふる舞まわれる。

  In the latter half of the tea ceremony, thick tea and thin tea are served.