noun

  1. small theater, kabuki performed in a small theater.
  2. little performance, short acted scene, act, routine, skit.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
小芝居 こしばい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
turf, lawn
しば しは シ (7th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
of, this
これ の ゆき (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
reside, to be, exist
い.る キョ お.る (5th, N3)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
old
コ ふる.い ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)