A general term for modern Japanese comedy. Some geinin famous for their monomane are Hori and Gu-ssan. Usually impressions of other famous Japanese people, monomane is very common in Japan and some talents have even made a career out of their monomane skills. A more traditional style of Japanese comedy. Manzai дё‡жі, дё‡ж‰Ќ, or (currently) жј«ж‰Ќ ( manzai). It has considerable prestige as only the best performers in Japan ever get a chance to appear on this stage in front of a mere 500 live spectators. Short for 'Lumine the Yoshimoto' (гѓ«гѓџгѓЌtheг‚€гЃ—г‚‚гЃЁ), гѓ«гѓџгѓЌ is a stage (еЉ‡е ґ, gekijЕЌ) in Shinjuku's LUMINE2 building, exclusively for owarai performances. Usually refers to the 'combination' of two Japanese owarai talents to form a comedy unit. An abbreviation of the English word 'combination'. This is a very common role in owarai and manzai performances. For example: A girl cheats on her boyfriend, but then gets angry at her boyfriend when he finds out insisting that it was his fault a man trips on a rock while walking and swears at the rock, throwing it into the woods. Also, йЂ†г‚®гѓ¬ ( gyaku gire) is the act of getting angry at someone/something in reverse. Cunning's Takeyama is well known for his short temper his kire is his defining feature. A casual word for 'anger' (similar to 'pissed' or 'ticked'), the г‚гѓ¬еЅ№ ( kireyaku) is a role sometimes taken by owarai geinin who have very short tempers, or pretend to. A гѓ”гѓіиЉёдєє ( pin geinin) is a solo stand-up performer. Japanese comedians are usually called гЃЉз¬‘гЃ„иЉёдєє ( owarai geinin, comedy performers) or гЃЉз¬‘гЃ„г‚їгѓ¬гѓігѓ€ ( owarai tarento, comedy talents) and talents that appear on television variety shows are usually called иЉёиѓЅдєєг‚їгѓ¬гѓігѓ€ ( geinЕЌjin tarento, performing talents) or sometimes и‹Ґж‰‹иЉёдєє ( wakate geinin, young/newcomer talents) for newer additions to the talent pool. The un-abbreviated form of the word is иЉёиѓЅдєє ( geinЕЌjin), which means 'performer' or 'entertainer', but it is usually used in a context similar to the English 'celebrity'. Gei means 'performance' or 'accomplishment', and the word geinin is often translated as 'artisan'. American English speakers might say 'a corny joke'. Gyagu tend to be short, physical, and often predictable. The same as the English word gag, gyagu are generally cheap jokes (though the word often describes any joke) employed by a geinin in their act. Traps such as pitfalls, falling objects, and seductive idols are often used. Recently popularized in the west by shows such as Punk'd, these hidden-camera surprise pranks are very common on Japanese television. A type of Japanese pun or word play in which the similarities in sound of two different words or phrases are used in a joke.Дokkiri гѓ‰гѓѓг‚гѓЄ ( dokkiri). Rarely taking the literal English meaning of the word 'corner' as in 'street corner' or 'corner of a shape', this word is usually used in Japanese to mean 'segment', as in 'television segment'.Дajare гѓЂг‚ёгѓЈгѓ¬ ( dajare). Short conte (г‚·гѓ§гѓјгѓ€г‚ігѓігѓ€) are skits often less than 30 seconds long where the comedians act out some sort of odd encounter or conversation.Д¬orner г‚ігѓјгѓЉгѓј ( kЕЌnДЃ). From the French word conte, konto refers to the style of manzai or owarai performance focusing on telling interesting tales, many of which, one must assume, are made up for the sake of humour. FOR NON-JAPANESE 'BOKE,' see Boke (disambiguation).Д¬onte г‚ігѓігѓ€ ( konto).OTHER JAPANESE MEANINGS OF THE ANGLICIZED SPELLING 'BOKE': Boke or bokeh-blur in photography, AND, Boke-flowering Japanese quince.It is, of course, insulting not to acknowledge that your friend has adopted the boke role by adopting the tsukkomi roleвЂ“thereby implying your friend is not playing the boke, but actually stupid. OUTSIDE OF OWARAI: In common speech 'boke' is sometimes used as an insult, similar to 'idiot' in English, or baka in Japanese, though less insulting however, the roles of tsukkomi and boke are often adopted temporarily among friends in daily life for enjoyment.

It is common for tsukkomi to berate boke and hit them on the head with a swift smack. The tsukkomi (зЄЃгЃЈиѕјгЃї) refers to the role the second comedian plays in 'butting in' and correcting the boke's errors. The boke is the member of an owarai kombi ( 'tsukkomi and boke', or vice versa) that receives most of the verbal and physical abuse from the tsukkomi because of the boke's misunderstandings and slip-ups. From the verb bokeru жѓљгЃ‘г‚‹ or е‘†гЃ‘г‚‹, which carries the meaning of 'senility' or 'air headed-ness,' and is reflected in this performer's tendency for misinterpretation and forgetfulness. The Japanese word for show.Д«oke гѓњг‚± ( boke ).

Many of these terms may be used in areas of Japanese culture outside comedy, including television and radio, music, or some may even be used in normal Japanese speech.Д«angumi з•Єзµ„ ( bangumi). This page describes words and terms (generally of Japanese origin) relating to owarai (Japanese comedy).

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