囃子

Japanese

Alternative spellings
囃し囃

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Hayashi (music) (This Wikipedia article mistakenly defines the term as the performers rather than the music.)

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 囃(はや)す (hayasu, “to accompany musically; to keep time musically”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Derivationally cognate with 栄やす (hayasu, “to make prominent; to make something glow or shine; to make something prosper”),^[1]^[2]^[3] 生やす (hayasu, “to make something grow”),^[1]^[2]^[3] 早い (hayai, “quick, fast; early”).^[1]

First cited in a work from 1134.^[1]

囃(はや)子(し) • (hayashi)

[from 1134] (archaic, possibly obsolete) livening things up with music or song
[from 1134] (archaic, possibly obsolete) lively music
[from 1430] lively music played during a noh, kabuki, or other stage performance to quicken the pace or raise the mood
[date uncertain] a particular style of musical accompaniment in traditional Japanese entertainment forms such as noh

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 “囃・囃子”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 “囃子”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN