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N1 Noun

地方(じかた)person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance), person singing ballads (in noh), coast (esp. as seen from the water), shore, the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area

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    1. Noun

      1.

      person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance)

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    2. Noun

      2.

      person singing ballads (in noh)

    3. Noun

      3.

      coast (esp. as seen from the water), shore

    4. Noun

      4.

      the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area

      Archaic

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    地方 【じかた】

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      地方(じかた)とは、室町(むろまち)幕府(ばくふ)職名(しょくめい)である。

      Jikata was an official title in the Muromachi Shogunate.

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      江戸(えど)時代(じだい)には、農村(のうそん)のことを地方(じかた)()んでいました。

      During the Edo period, rural villages were referred to as the countryside.

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      浄瑠璃(じょうるり)三味線(しゃみせん)などの演奏(えんそう)(しゃ)のことを地方(じかた)()うそうです。

      It’s said that performers of traditional Japanese music such as Jōruri and shamisen are referred to as jikata.

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      舞踊(ぶよう)をする(ひと)立方(たちかた)()うのに(たい)し、音楽(おんがく)担当(たんとう)する(ひと)地方(じかた)()った。

      In traditional Japanese dance, the performer is called tachikata, while the accompanist is known as jikata.

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      日本(にほん)舞踊(ぶよう)伴奏(ばんそう)音楽(おんがく)演奏(えんそう)(しゃ)である「地方(じかた)」になることが、(ぼく)将来(しょうらい)(ゆめ)である。

      My dream for the future is to become a jikata, playing music in accompaniment for Nihon Buyō.

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