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jmdict 1650420 Active (id: 2176970)
<entry>
<ent_seq>1650420</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>太夫</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>大夫</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>たゆう</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref>能太夫</xref>
<gloss>high-ranking noh actor</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>head of a school of noh performance</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&hist;</misc>
<gloss>high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref>浄瑠璃</xref>
<xref>万歳・まんざい</xref>
<gloss>jōruri narrator</gloss>
<gloss>manzai narrator</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref>女形・1</xref>
<gloss>female role actor in kabuki</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref>御師</xref>
<gloss>low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<stagk>太夫</stagk>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>



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