道どう化け

noun

antics; buffoonery; clowning

Refers to silly or playful behavior, often for entertainment. Can describe both professional clowning and everyday fooling around.

• 彼かれの道どう化けにみんな大おお笑わらいした。

  Everyone burst out laughing at his antics.

• サーカスでピエロが道どう化けを演えんじる。

  The clown performs buffoonery at the circus.

noun

clown; jester

Abbreviation of 道化方 (comic actor in traditional theater) or 道化師 (clown). Used for a person who plays the fool.

See also: 道化方

• 彼かれは舞ぶ台たいで道どう化けを務つとめた。

  He played the clown on stage.

• 中ちゅう世せいの宮きゅう廷ていには道どう化けがいた。

  There were jesters in medieval courts.