Mai-goto means abstract acts (mai) that, in Noh, the shite (an actor playing the leading part), tsure (a supporting actor) and waki (the partner of a shite) perform accompanied solely by the hayashi (music played in the background), mostly in the latter half of a Noh or a Kyogen (a farce played during a Noh cycle) play.
舞事（まい-ごと）とは、能において、主として一曲の能や狂言の後半部分に能シテ、能シテ、能ワキが能囃子のみによって演じる抽象的な所作（舞）をいう。