Home › Words › N › nagautanagautanagauta means A form of traditional Japanese vocal music, often used in kabuki theatre.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nagauta ranks #16,734 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyBorrowed from Japanese 長唄 (nagauta).nounA form of traditional Japanese vocal music, often used in kabuki theatre.e.g.“She was to have four classes that morning—shamisen, dance, tea ceremony, and a form of singing we call nagauta.” — 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.noh 63% match — A kind of classical Japanese musical drama. vs nagauta →bugaku 60% match — A Japanese traditional courtly dance, with slow, regal movements. vs nagauta →onnagata 59% match — A male actor who plays female roles in Japanese kabuki theatre. vs nagauta →gagaku 58% match — the ancient court ritual classical music of Japan, of Chinese origin vs nagauta →kabuki 57% match — A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies. vs nagauta →kagura 56% match — A kind of Shinto theatrical dance in Japan. vs nagauta →kagok 56% match — A genre of Korean vocal music for mixed female and male voices. Accompaniments and interludes are played by a small ensemble of traditional Korean musical instruments vs nagauta →sarugaku 55% match — A form of Japanese theater popular during the 11th to 14th centuries. vs nagauta →