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落語
Rakugo is a single storyteller who stays seated and voices every character with turns of the head, armed only with a fan and a cloth. Every story ends in an ochi, the punchline, which is where that word comes from. Performed in small theatres called yose.
Examples in context
週末に寄席で落語を聞いた。
I listened to rakugo at a small theatre over the weekend.
落語は座ったまま何人も演じ分ける芸だ。
Rakugo is an art of playing many characters while seated.
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