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Japanese: チャリ - ちゃり

In the Kansai dialect, it means something foolish or a clown. It also refers to the clown role or comical scene (chari-ba) in Bunraku puppet theatre and Kabuki. The origin of the word is said to be a corruption of the word "chari-ba" (a play performed by a priest in Tsuruoka), which was first performed at the Toyotakeza Theater in Osaka in 1736 (Genbun 1) and featured a comical narrator, Ajiyari, from Tsuruoka, who pretended to be wounded to deceive his enemies. However, it is more likely to be related to words such as "to make fun of" and "to play around with." The character "sari" is also sometimes used.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

関西の方言で，道化（どうけ）たこと，あるいは道化者を意味する。また人形浄瑠璃や歌舞伎の道化役や滑稽な場面(チャリ場)をいう。語源は1736年(元文1)大坂豊竹座初演の浄瑠璃《和田合戦女舞鶴》の四段目の口で鶴岡の別当阿闍梨（あじやり）が手負いのまねをして敵を欺く滑稽な語りが評判となり〈阿闍梨場〉と呼んだのから転訛したとの説があるが，むしろ〈茶化す〉〈戯（ざ）れる〉などの語と関係が深いのではないか。茶利の文字を当てることもある。

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