Kabuki

noun

: traditional Japanese popular drama performed with highly stylized singing and dancing

Examples of Kabuki in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Backstage, Jade Cargill confronted Damage CTRL after their attack on Bayley. Dakota Kai and Bayley vs. Kabuki Warriors Grade: B Carlito Def. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 The final Kabuki dance move is the passage of the final budget by June 15th. Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024 Details: 3½ stars; opens Feb. 16 at the Kabuki in San Francisco, Feb. 23 at the Smith Rafael Center in San Rafael and March 1 at the Roxie in San Francisco. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024 Ortiz arrived in Kansas City in 1990 from Mexico and got a job washing and busing dishes at Kabuki, a Japanese restaurant in Crown Center. Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024 During the taping this week, her guest was Kankuro Nakamura VI, a sixth-generation Kabuki actor whose father and grandfather were also regular visitors on Ms. Kuroyanagi’s couch. Motoko Rich, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024 Examples include Hotel 50 Bowery in New York’s Chinatown and Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco’s Japantown. Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2023 Now your shows are messing around with German expressionistic lighting, Kabuki tropes, and comically oversize suits. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023 Actors have portrayed Luffy and his crew in stage shows and even in a Kabuki play. Charles Solomon, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Japanese

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Kabuki was in 1899

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“Kabuki.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kabuki. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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Kabuki

noun
: traditional popular Japanese drama with singing and dancing

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