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N1 Noun
地方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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Noun
1.
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance)
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2.
person singing ballads (in noh)
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3.
coast (esp. as seen from the water), shore
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4.
the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area
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地方 【じかた】
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地方とは、室町幕府の職名である。
Jikata was an official title in the Muromachi Shogunate.
江戸時代には、農村のことを地方と呼んでいました。
During the Edo period, rural villages were referred to as the countryside.
浄瑠璃や三味線などの演奏者のことを地方と言うそうです。
It’s said that performers of traditional Japanese music such as Jōruri and shamisen are referred to as jikata.
舞踊をする人を立方と言うのに対し、音楽を担当する人を地方と言った。
In traditional Japanese dance, the performer is called tachikata, while the accompanist is known as jikata.
日本舞踊の伴奏音楽の演奏者である「地方」になることが、僕の将来の夢である。
My dream for the future is to become a jikata, playing music in accompaniment for Nihon Buyō.
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