koken

Etymology

From Japanese 後見 (kōken, "a staff in noh and kabuki").

Note: In Japanese, a black-clad person is referred as 黒衣 (kuroko), and 黒衣 is one of the 後見 in noh and kabuki.

Noun

koken (plural kokens)

1. (theater) A black-clad person who enters the stage to rearrange the set, unremarked by the actors
   • 1988, July 8, “Diana Spinrad”, in Tango; Chicago Young Playwrights Festival‎:

     McAllister uses the Japanese device of the koken for changing scenes, distributing props, and creating furniture.

Anagrams

• Knoke

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cōken, from Old Dutch *kokon, from late Proto-Germanic *kukōną, either from *kukaz (“cook”) from Latin coquus, or borrowed from Vulgar Latin *coco, cocere, from Latin coquō, coquere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.kə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -oːkən

Verb

koken

1. (transitive, intransitive) to cook, boil
2. (intransitive, figuratively) to seethe, boil with anger

Romanization

koken

1. Rōmaji transcription of こけん