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替わり狂言 (かわりきょうげん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

替かわり狂きょう言げん

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Meanings

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upcoming program; upcoming programme

Used in the context of traditional Japanese theater (kabuki, noh, kyogen) to refer to the next piece or performance on the program.

替かわり狂きょう言げんは何なんですか。
What is the upcoming program?

次つぎの替かわり狂きょう言げんは「勧かん進じん帳ちょう」です。

The next upcoming program is 'Kanjinchō'.

Kanji

替exchange, spare, substitute
狂lunatic, insane, crazy
言say, word

Built from

替かわる+狂きょう言げん

Written forms

替かわり狂きょう言げん
Standard spelling.
替かわり狂きょう言げん
Variant okurigana spelling.
替狂言かわりきょうげん
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; less common.

Etymology

Compound of 替わり (kawari, 'substitute, alternate') + 狂言 (kyōgen, 'play, performance'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is conventionally associated with traditional theater programming.