能のう狂きょう言げん

noun

noh farce; noh interlude

Refers to the comedic or light-hearted pieces performed between noh plays, or collectively to noh and kyōgen as a pair. In modern usage, it often denotes the combined art form.

• 能のう狂きょう言げんは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう芸げい能のうの一ひとつです。

  Noh farce is one of Japan's traditional performing arts.

• 彼かれは能のう狂きょう言げんの公こう演えんを観みに行いった。

  He went to see a performance of noh and kyōgen.