Kabuki

noun

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

Examples of Kabuki in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The online forum kicked off in October 2004 with its first post from a reviewer named Jon B., who posted about Kabuki Springs & Spa in San Francisco. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024 Fun fact: The first ever Yelp review was by Jon B. in October 2004 for Kabuki Springs and Spa in San Francisco. Analis Bailey, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024 All three have picked up backstage support from Ted Gibson, Kabuki NYC, MAC Cosmetics and Patti Yankee. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024 The stories of the Edo period and specifically Tokugawa — the real-life shogun who inspired the character of Toranaga — are a frequent subject of Kabuki theater. Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024 Details: 3 stars; opens July 12 at the AMC Kabuki in San Francisco; expands to more theaters the following week. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024 In 1662, the Dutch were ousted by a half-Japanese, half-Chinese swashbuckler named Zheng Chenggong, also known as Koxinga, whose exploits are still celebrated in a famous Kabuki play. Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 The eerie town is a former World War II internment camp, all but deserted except for ghosts and a tiny figure who appears in a Kabuki map. Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 7 June 2024 For the past few years, the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco’s Japantown has hosted Sake Day, the largest celebration of its kind outside of Japan. Madeleine Mori, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 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 6 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

Kabuki

noun
: traditional popular Japanese drama with singing and dancing

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