nō

nō (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of noh.
   • 1973, Leonard C[abell] Pronko, “Nō and Kyōgen: Texts”, in Guide to Japanese Drama, G. K. Hall & Co., →ISBN, page 65:

     The twenty-two kyōgen in this volume give a broad sampling of the delightful comic interludes which were traditionally performed between the more austere nō plays.

   • 2014, Monica Bethe, Eric C. Rath, J[ohn] Thomas Rimer, Mikio Takemoto, Theatre of Dreams, Theatre of Play: Nō and Kyōgen in Japan‎^[1], Sydney, N.S.W.: Art Gallery of New South Wales, →ISBN:

     A major review of the sarugaku system took place during the rule of the eighth shogun Yoshimune (1684–1751), when the solemn style of nō theatre known today was largely established.

   • 2024, Diego Pellecchia, “Reception of Nō in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries”, in Yamanaka Reiko, Monica Bethe, Eike Grossmann, Tom Hare, Diego Pellecchia, Michael Watson, editors, A Companion to Nō and Kyōgen Theatre (Handbook of Oriental Studies; section 5 (Japan), volume 19), volume 2, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, section 8 […], page 671:

     Among the first foreigners in Japan to have contact with nō were diplomats and intellectuals who appreciated the literary elements of its texts.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈnoː/

nō

1. very, quite, indeed Used to intensify the preceding word

nō

1. Rōmaji transcription of のう
2. Rōmaji transcription of ノー

From Proto-Polynesian *noa. Cognates include Hawaiian nō and Maori noa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoː/
• Hyphenation: nō

nō

1. Used to express limitation; only, just, the only

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 266