Compounds of 太夫
- (n) (1) leading actor in a Noh play
(2) (Edo-period) courtesan - (n) (abbr) gidayuu (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
(P) - (n) gidayuu ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the Bunraku puppet theater)
- (n) gidayuu reciter