げき
Meanings
Noun
1. 芸術形式の一つ。台本や筋書きに基づいて、ある行為が観衆の眼前で実際に演じられるもの。演劇。芝居。ドラマ。
Kanji used
drama
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (90 in total)
① 不幸・悲惨な出来事。また、それを題材とした悲しい結末で終わる劇。
① 演劇・映画などを見せるための施設。
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
① 悲惨な筋書きの演劇。転じて、悲惨な出来事。
① 演劇の上演・研究を目的とする団体。
historical play; period drama
theatre-going; theater-going
powerful medicine; strong poison
Western (film genre)
① 底の見えすいた、ばかばかしい振る舞い。
action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene
short play; skit
playwright; dramatist
during a play
deleterious substance; toxic substance
school of western-inspired Japanese drama which developed towards the end of the Meiji period; shingeki; new-drama (movement)
love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)
drama criticism
deadly poison
sword play; samurai drama
comic strip with dramatic story
to perform a play
playwriting
kabuki play; kabuki drama
historical drama
the stage; theatrical world
musical play; opera
dramatic production with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story, film, etc.
dramatic poetry
exaggerated; dramatized
acute and serious; hyperacute; fulminant
mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime
historical drama
① 演劇に関わる人々の社会。
contemporary drama
classical drama (kabuki, noh, etc.); play of the old school; period drama (film)
play writing
theatrical performance given in English
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
drama in verse
dramatic expert
classical Chinese opera
classical Chinese opera
dramatization; dramatisation
sudden change; upheaval
modern drama; modern theater
① 演劇に関する話。② 激しい談判。
extreme busyness
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
problematic divorce; (lit.) divorce drama
religious drama; miracle play
mystery play; mystère
simple scripted play (without music, dance, etc.)
dramatic literature
human-interest play
drama; dramatic art
Shakespeare's late romances
heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate
play dealing with ideas
play for children
controversial play; problem play
dramatic production with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story, film, etc.
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
morality play; allegorical play
non-realistic drama
drama of ordinary people
Bourgeois tragedy
Play of Daniel
powerful medicine; violent poison
Examples (29 in total)
What time does the play start?
She acted in a play for the first time.
All the students will partake in the play.