Keyword
art
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig450
Old form
Readings
げい
(96%)
(3%)
Composed of
blades of grass
quote
Used in vocabulary (232 in total)
(fine) art; the arts
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
performer; entertainer; celebrity
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
martial arts
work (object) of art
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
horticulture; gardening
handicrafts
handicraft; industrial art object
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
itinerant entertainer
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
street performing
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
ceramic art; ceramics
street performer (comedian)
industrial arts; craft
school arts festival
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
arts and sciences; liberal arts
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
an art; one talent
university of arts; arts college
one's party piece; parlor trick; hidden talent
style of acting
arts; crafts; handicrafts
attentive to detail; meticulous in one's work
entertainment; performance
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
curator (e.g. museum)
versatile entertainer; all-round performer; person skilled in their craft
traditional art; traditional performance art
versatility
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
craftsmanship; artisanship
(article of) folk craft
literary magazine
traditional craft; traditional handicrafts
(skill of) making funny faces; facial performance
artistic accomplishments
to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art
performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)
one's history as a performer
masterful performance; virtuosity
tricks with water
university of arts; arts college
being something of an artist; having something of the artist in one
literary criticism; book review
total work of art; complete work of art; Gesamtkunstwerk; artwork that integrates music, poetry, and acting; composite art
type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)
man of letters; writer
geisha; (arch.) kabuki actor (esp. a young actor); (arch.) someone accomplished in the arts
an entertainment; a show
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
(artistic) accomplishments
folk craft; folk art
autumn, the best season for enjoying art
every martial art; all the martial arts
being entertained by a geisha
art works, traditional artifacts and antiques; artistic handicrafts; decorative art
art of consummate skill
literary (and the arts) column
amateur's skill or performance
something that will help develop one's artistic skill
art for art's sake; l'art pour l'art; ars gratia artis
classical theatre; classical theater
art for art's sake; l'art pour l'art; ars gratia artis
main accomplishments
entertainment journalist; entertainment reporter; gossip columnist
handicrafts; hand-crafted goods
solo comedian; standup comedian; comedian not part of a duo, trio, etc.
lacking talent; lacking accomplishments
one's specialty performance; one's repertoire
entrance exam for a university giving preference to persons who excel in one special field (skill); one-talent oriented entrance examination
(the art of) storytelling
study or science of literature; a liberal arts department
town geisha; geisha not working in a red-light district
female entertainer; geisha
performing art; technique (in a performing art)
(excelling in) one area or skill; (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area
entertainment reporter; entertainment journalist; gossip columnist
art and literature
versatile; multi-talented
entertainment reporter; entertainment journalist; gossip columnist
liberal arts college; teachers' college
academy of arts; arts academy
craftsman; artisan
tricks performed with the feet
geisha and prostitutes
talk about art
arts and crafts; artistic handicraft; fine and applied art
dilettantism; amateurism (in art)
geisha from the Fukagawa red light district in Edo (Edo period)
Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity, grandson of Amaterasu)
agricultural chemistry
unusual trick; rarely seen skill
dilettantism; amateurism
ex-geisha; former geisha
music hall; entertainment hall
various forms of arts (e.g. acrobatics, magic, puppetry, sarugaku acrobatics performance); miscellaneous songs popular from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period
talent and accomplishments; wisdom and works
act or trick which a performer reserves for selected occasions
Akitakata City (Hiroshima)
spatial art; space art; plastic arts; formative arts
cultivar; cultivated variety of a plant
oral literature; folklore
handicraft object; piece of handicraft work
jack of all trades
fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself
artistic and literary circles
temporal art; art forms which unfold over time
posing and moving the fingers as an art form; finger-tutting
type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)
unaccomplished person; uninteresting person; nobody
secret technique; secret art
lacking the talent to do anything but eat
unaccomplished person; uninteresting person; nobody
versatility
(Japanese) lacquer art
artists' colony; colony of artists
(untalented) geisha who sells sex; geisha who steals money from sleeping travellers
range of skills
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
one's specialty performance; one's repertoire
agriculture and horticulture
hot spring geisha; onsen geisha; geisha working in a hot spring resort
useless person; good-for-nothing
fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself
ex-geisha; former geisha
ex-geisha; former geisha
geisha living and working in a restaurant, inn, etc. (as opposed to in a geisha house); in-house geisha
dog that knows (does) tricks
a jack of all trades is a master of none
artistic and literary circles
talentless and incompetent; incompetent and unaccomplished
useless person; good-for-nothing
fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself
successful performance
common rue (Ruta graveolens)
street performance
horticultural science; horticulture
plowing and weeding; farming; cultivation; tillage
ex-geisha; former geisha
Akitakata City (Hiroshima)
even a fool has one talent
floriculture; flower gardening
floriculture; flower gardening
devotee of the arts
horticultural agriculture
art is long, life is short; ars longa, vita brevis
arboriculture; tree growing
arboriculture; tree growing
geisha belonging to a call-office (usually a skilled geisha)
small shovel or trowel used in gardening
small shovel or trowel used in gardening
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
geisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo
ordinance liberating all geisha and prostitutes (1872)
synthesis of varied arts
being a jack of all trades and master of none
geisha and maiko
pomology; fruit crop science
geisha of loose morals; geisha who is easy to bed
Edo geisha; geisha living and working inside Edo (not one of the red-light districts on its outskirts)
calligraphic art; calligraphy (as an art)
art for life's sake; l'art pour la vie
mingeishi (type of washi)
being able to live as an artist is no blessing
being able to live as an artist is no blessing
performance at a drinking party; party trick
Examples (89 in total)
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