kakegoe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Melodramatic calls from an audience in kabuki theatre or as part of call-and-response singing in Japanese folk music.

Word forms

kakegoe

Etymology

From Japanese かけごえ (“hung voice”).

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