Keyword
drama
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig2152
Readings
げき
(99%)
Composed of
tiger's head
wild pig
knife
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a scene from a drama playing out. We can see a tiger's head munching down on a carcass of a wild pig, and the protagonist of the drama standing next to it with a knife. He's hungry. He wants to eat that pig. Can he take down the tiger using only that puny knife?

Used in vocabulary (139 in total)
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
drama; play; powerful drug
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
theatre; theater; playhouse
drama; theatre; theater; play
tragedy; tragic event
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
troupe; theatrical company
historical play; period drama
comedy; funny show
powerful medicine; strong poison
theatre-going; theater-going
burlesque; low comedy; farce
Western (film genre)
action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene
movie version (based on TV series, anime, etc.); the movie
short play; skit
during a play
playwright; dramatist
deleterious substance; toxic substance
little theater; small theater
love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)
school of western-inspired Japanese drama which developed towards the end of the Meiji period; shingeki; new-drama (movement)
The Imperial Theater
comical; farcical
to perform a play
comic strip with dramatic story
deadly poison
sword play; samurai drama
opera company; opera troupe; musical revue; operetta company; operetta troupe
playwriting
drama criticism
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
dramatic production with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story, film, etc.
dramatic; theatrical
world of the theater (theatre)
exaggerated; dramatized
musical play; opera
amphitheater; amphitheatre
historical drama
dramatic poetry
mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime
kabuki play; kabuki drama
acute and serious; hyperacute; fulminant
(theatrical) farce
contemporary drama
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
the stage; the theatrical world
the stage; theatrical world
historical drama
classical drama (kabuki, noh, etc.); play of the old school; period drama (film)
play writing
sensational crime that becomes a media event; (lit.) theatrical crime
end of a play
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
drama in verse
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
theatrical performance given in English
classical Chinese opera
dramatization; dramatisation
modern drama; modern theater
sudden change; upheaval
extreme busyness
dramatic expert
theater district (quarter); theatre district
talk on drama
theatre of the absurd (theater)
religious drama; miracle play
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
problematic divorce; (lit.) divorce drama
mystery play; mystère
theater party; theatre party
theatrical activities; theatre work
intenseness; violence; severity; vehemence; keenness
dramatic literature
simple scripted play (without music, dance, etc.)
human-interest play
drama; dramatic art
Shakespeare's late romances
dramatic production with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story, film, etc.
play for children
mystery play; mystère
controversial play; problem play
background music (in a movie, television drama, etc.)
play dealing with ideas
heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
severe earthquake; violent tremor
pungent smell; sharp smell; strong odor (odour)
busy job; exhausting work
severe heat; intense heat; oppressive heat
powerful medicine; violent poison
non-realistic drama
drama of ordinary people
to be absorbed in a play
to be absorbed in a play
underground theater; underground theatre
morality play; allegorical play
advertising fraudulent investment schemes with glossy brochures, phone calls, etc.
tragedy of the commons
Sichuan opera
Bourgeois tragedy
Play of Daniel
Examples (117 in total)
What is the real cause of this tragedy?
All tragedies end with a death.
The tragedy must be remembered so that it is not repeated.