Kanji1 / 7
狂 kanji
lunatic, insane, crazy, confuse
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
キョウ
Kun readings
くるうくるおしいくるおしい
Words with 狂
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —通し狂言performance of an entire play
- —狂言自殺faked suicide; sham suicide; pseudocide
- —狂言回しsupporting, but indispensable role; major supporting role
- —照葉狂言type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)
- —狂喜乱舞boisterous dance; dancing wildly
- —狂言綺語make-believe fiction
- —狂瀾怒涛maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great turmoil
- —狂言強盗fake (staged) robbery
- —狂言誘拐fake kidnapping; staged kidnapping
- —狂乱物価soaring prices; wild price spiral
- —熱狂ぶりcraze; frenzy; enthusiasm
- —狂言作者house playwright (of kabuki)
- —間の狂言kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)
- —江戸狂言Edo-style kabuki
- —上方狂言kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style
- —弥生狂言kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)
- —誇大妄想狂megalomania
- —熱狂的信者fanatic
- —替わり狂言upcoming program; upcoming programme
- —当たり狂言successful kyogen play; hit