落らく語ご

noun

rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling

A traditional Japanese performing art where a single storyteller sits on stage and tells a humorous story using only a fan and a hand towel as props, culminating in a punchline called 'ochi'.

• 週しゅう末まつに寄席よせで落らく語ごを聞きいた。

  I listened to rakugo at a yose theater on the weekend.

• 彼かれは落らく語ご家かになるために修しゅ行ぎょうを