舞踏

See also: 舞蹈

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舞	踏
ぶ Grade: S	とう Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
舞蹈 (dated)

Etymology

From 暗(あん)黒(こく)舞(ぶ)踏(とう) (ankoku butō, “dark dance”) = 暗(あん)黒(こく) (ankoku, “dark, darkness”) + 舞(ぶ)踏(とう) (butō, “dance”), from 暗(あん)黒(こく)舞(ぶ)踊(よう) (ankoku buyō, “darkness dance”), by replacing 舞(ぶ)踊(よう) (buyō, “(classical Japanese) dance”) with the archaic 舞(ぶ)踏(とう) (butō, “dance”).^[1]

踏 is a daiyōji replacing 蹈.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶとー [bùtóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟to̞ː]

Noun

舞(ぶ)踏(とう) • (butō) ^{←ぶたふ (butafu)^?}

butoh, a form of Japanese contemporary dance.
竜(りゅう)との舞(ぶ)踏(とう)
Ryū tono Butō
A Dance with Dragons
- 1921, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Shanhai Yūki [Shanghai Travelogue]‎^[1]:
  
  我(われ)々(われ)は食(しょく)事(じ)をすませた後(あと)、賑(にぎや)かな四(し)馬(ま)路(ろ)を散(さん)歩(ぽ)した。それからカッフェ・パリジャンへ、ちょいと舞(ぶ)蹈(とう)を覗(のぞ)きに行(い)った。
  Wareware wa shokuji o sumaseta ato, nigiyaka na Shimaro o sanpo shita. Sore kara Kaffe Parijan e, choi to butō o nozoki ni itta.
  After dinner, we strolled through bustling Simalu Street. We then dropped into Café Parisien to watch a little ball.

Derived terms

舞(ぶ)踏(とう)会(かい) (butōkai)
舞(ぶ)踏(とう)病(びょう) (butōbyō)

Related terms

踊(おど)り (odori)
ダンス (dansu)

Verb

舞(ぶ)踏(とう)する • (butō suru) ^{←ぶたふ (butafu)^?}intransitive suru (stem 舞(ぶ)踏(とう)し (butō shi), past 舞(ぶ)踏(とう)した (butō shita))

to dance butoh

Conjugation

Conjugation of "舞踏する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	舞踏し	ぶとうし	butō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	舞踏し	ぶとうし	butō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	舞踏する	ぶとうする	butō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	舞踏する	ぶとうする	butō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	舞踏すれ	ぶとうすれ	butō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	舞踏せよ¹ 舞踏しろ²	ぶとうせよ¹ ぶとうしろ²	butō seyo¹ butō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	舞踏される	ぶとうされる	butō sareru
Causative	舞踏させる舞踏さす	ぶとうさせるぶとうさす	butō saseru butō sasu
Potential	舞踏できる	ぶとうできる	butō dekiru
Volitional	舞踏しよう	ぶとうしよう	butō shiyō
Negative	舞踏しない	ぶとうしない	butō shinai
Negative continuative	舞踏せず	ぶとうせず	butō sezu
Formal	舞踏します	ぶとうします	butō shimasu
Perfective	舞踏した	ぶとうした	butō shita
Conjunctive	舞踏して	ぶとうして	butō shite
Hypothetical conditional	舞踏すれば	ぶとうすれば	butō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Kurihara, Nanako. The Most Remote thing in the Universe: Critical Analysis of Hijikata Tatsumi's Butoh Dance. Diss. New York U, 1996. Ann Arbor: UMI, 1996. 9706275
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third 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

“舞踏”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[1] Kurihara, Nanako. The Most Remote thing in the Universe: Critical Analysis of Hijikata Tatsumi's Butoh Dance. Diss. New York U, 1996. Ann Arbor: UMI, 1996. 9706275

[SMK7-2] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] 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

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