セリフ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. (spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines
Oh no, I got my lines wrong!
2. comment; remark; phrase; words
Where did you learn to say things like that?
3. stock phrase; set phrase; cliché; platitude
"Only for now!" is a line salespeople often use.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
theatrical elocution
famous line (from a movie, book, etc.); famous quote
theatrical elocution
Examples (12 in total)
Oh no, I got my lines wrong!
That remark was a bit upsetting.
What you just said was super creepy.
That's a remark I really don't know how to respond to.
That line of dialogue stirred up anger.
An actor has to memorize his lines.
Jenny spoke the lines she had prepared.
That's just what someone who was confidence personified from the start would say.
That's what people say when there's something they don't want to answer.
I've memorized all the lines so that I can coach everyone.
Cue cards are used primarily on television to help the actors remember their lines.
Words Hirai had spoken three days earlier came back to mind.