noh
Noun
Meaning
(uncountable) A kind of classical Japanese musical drama.
(countable, rare, possibly dated) An individual play in this style.
NOH (plural NOHs)
Initialism of notice of hearing.
noh (uncountable)
A form of classical Japanese music drama.
Synonyms
Examples
A lot of my stories are inspired by Japanese folklore or literature or movies: I've done stories based on Kabuki and Noh plays, and on Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo' movies.
The best night of my life was watching the Japanese Noh theater. I've only seen it once, but even saying it now, I think, 'How can I ever have this experience again?' It was so mesmerizing, so complicated and so primordial; I could not believe it.
Cuss-cuss noh bore hole a mi skin.
Man noh done cross riva, noh fi cuss alligator long mout long.
A noh every mango got maggige.
A more indirect influence was the scholarship on Japanese Noh plays that Pound had obtained from Ernest Fenollosa 's widow, which provided Yeats with a model for the aristocratic drama he intended to write.