Explore Bunraku through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bunraku in a sentence
Bunraku meaning
A traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre.
Using Bunraku
- The main meaning on this page is: A traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre.
- In the example corpus, bunraku often appears in combinations such as: of bunraku.
Context around Bunraku
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bunraku
- In this selection, "bunraku" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, size, theater, puppetry, manipulated and theaters stand out and add context to how "bunraku" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include conventions of bunraku and noh and handlers of bunraku theater who. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bunraku" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bunraku
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The first form of theatre to flourish was Ningyō jōruri (commonly referred to as Bunraku ). (15 words)
By 1780 Osaka had cultivated a vibrant arts culture, as typified by its famous Kabuki and Bunraku theaters. (18 words)
Together, they started the All and Everything Theater, a nonprofit children’s theater focusing on street theater and life-size Bunraku puppetry. (22 words)
A puppeteer dressed in a color closely matching the background—in a manner similar to the Japanese puppet theater Bunraku —manipulated a skeletal C-3PO figure attached to his front while Daniels read his lines off-camera. (37 words)
The structure of the full-day program, like the structure of the plays themselves, was derived largely from the conventions of bunraku and Noh, conventions which also appear in other traditional Japanese arts. (33 words)
This convention was an idea borrowed from the puppet handlers of bunraku theater, who dressed in total black in an effort to simulate props moving independently of their controls. (29 words)
Example sentences (6)
Together, they started the All and Everything Theater, a nonprofit children’s theater focusing on street theater and life-size Bunraku puppetry.
A puppeteer dressed in a color closely matching the background—in a manner similar to the Japanese puppet theater Bunraku —manipulated a skeletal C-3PO figure attached to his front while Daniels read his lines off-camera.
By 1780 Osaka had cultivated a vibrant arts culture, as typified by its famous Kabuki and Bunraku theaters.
The first form of theatre to flourish was Ningyō jōruri (commonly referred to as Bunraku ).
The structure of the full-day program, like the structure of the plays themselves, was derived largely from the conventions of bunraku and Noh, conventions which also appear in other traditional Japanese arts.
This convention was an idea borrowed from the puppet handlers of bunraku theater, who dressed in total black in an effort to simulate props moving independently of their controls.
Common combinations with bunraku
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of bunraku 2×