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太夫 【たゆう】

1. [n] high-ranking noh actor
2. [n] head of a school of noh performance
3. [n] high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)
4. [n] jōruri narrator; manzai narrator
5. [n] female role actor in kabuki
6. [n] low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
7. [n] lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)

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