kakegoe
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kakegoe (uncountable)
- Melodramatic calls from an audience in kabuki theatre or as part of call-and-response singing in Japanese folk music.
- 2007 July 1, Zachary Pincus-Roth, “Enter Acting, Pursued by Applause”, in New York Times[1]:
- In Japan traditional kabuki theater is known for kakegoe: shouting at actors upon their entrance, and throughout the performance.