mai
mai — 名詞
1. a traditional Japanese dance form known for its slow, restrained movements and e
能舞
能劇中緩慢、以手勢為核心的舞蹈
a traditional Japanese dance form known for its slow, restrained movements and expressive hand gestures, originally performed in Noh theater
Sofia watched a mai dancer glide across the Noh stage, her hands shaping slow circles as she moved.
Sofia 看著能舞舞者在能劇舞台上滑步移動，雙手隨著步伐劃出緩慢的圓弧。
mai + Noh theater context
Eli's first mai lesson in Kyoto lasted two hours — he never moved faster than a slow walk.
Eli 在京都的第一堂能舞課上了兩個小時——他的動作從未比慢走更快。
illustrates mai's extremely slow, restrained pace
Last April at the Kitano Tenmangu festival, a mai dancer turned so slowly that her silk sleeves barely rustled.
去年四月在北野天滿宮祭典上，一位能舞舞者轉動得如此緩慢，絲袖幾乎沒有發出聲響。
Chidi noticed how the mai dancer's hand gestures looked like floating petals.
Chidi 注意到能舞舞者的手勢宛如飄浮的花瓣。
Each morning Farid practised one mai gesture: raising his palm slowly, as if underwater.
Farid 每天早上練習一個能舞手勢：如在水下般緩緩抬起手掌。
- Noh dance
broader term covering all dance within Noh theater; mai is the principal dance style but Noh also includes other movement forms
- odori
lively Japanese folk dance with leaping, energetic movements — the stylistic opposite of mai's slow, grounded restraint
用法筆記
Typically uncountable. Often appears in the phrase 'mai dance' or as 'Noh mai' when referring to the Noh theater tradition specifically.