Illustration: On the small raised stage of a neighborhood yose theater, a kimono-clad storyteller sits alone on a cushion. Using a closed folding fan as chopsticks and a folded cloth as a bowl, the performer pantomimes slurping noodles with a hilariously overconfident expression.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

落らく語ご

rakugo

Japanese comic storytelling

Example sentences

落語らくごで本ほんやメモを見みながらしゃべることはない。
In rakugo, the performer never speaks from a book or note.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
彼かれは落語らくごテープの収集しゅうしゅうでは日本一にっぽんいち。
He accumulated more rakugo cassettes than any other person in Japan.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
また、落語らくご発祥はっしょうの寺てらとも言いわれている。
It is also said to be the birthplace of rakugo.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 落語

落fall; dropOnラクKunおちる・おち・おとす
語word; speechOnゴKunかたる・かたらう

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