1896, from Japanese, popular theater (as opposed to shadow puppet-plays or lyrical Noh dramas), literally "art of song and dance," from ka "song" + bu "dance" + ki "art, skill" [Barnhart, OED]. Alternative etymology (in Webster's) is from nominal form of kabuku "to be divergent, to deviate," from early opinion of this form of drama. Since c. 1650, all parts are played by males.
雙語例句
1. Kabuki appeared in the mid - seventeenth century in Japan.
日本的歌舞伎興起于十七世紀(jì)中葉.
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2. In Japan, Koshiro Matsumoto , the Kabuki actor , played Salieri , and audience loved him.
日本的歌舞伎演員松本幸四郎演出salieri, 極獲好評.
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3. The most famous ronin were the 47 whose actions were celebrated in the kabuki play Chushingura.
有四十七位浪人最為著名,近松門左衛(wèi)門在《忠臣藏》劇目中頌揚(yáng)了他們的行為.
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4. Okuni retired around 1610 and by that time, there were many imitators of kabuki theatre.