げい
Meanings
Noun
1. art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (83 in total)
geisha; (arch.) kabuki actor (esp. a young actor); (arch.) someone accomplished in the arts
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
geisha
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
① 表現者或いは表現物と、鑑賞者とが相互に作用し合うことなどで、精神的・感覚的な変動を得ようとする活動のこと。
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
① 弓・馬・槍・剣・銃砲など武道に技芸。。
horticulture; gardening
① ものを作る際の技芸、芸術。② 実用品を製作する際に美術的な要素を取り入れること。また、そのような製品。
① 舞踊や音曲で宴席に興を添えることを職業とする女性。芸子。芸妓。② 芸の達者な人。③ 芸能を職業とする人。④ 太鼓持ち。幇間。
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
① 常人には出来ないような離れ技。
university of arts; arts college
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
① 芸能人が本名以外に持つ名。
style of acting
geisha and prostitutes
arts and sciences; liberal arts
street performing
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
an art; one talent
one's party piece; parlor trick; hidden talent
arts; crafts; handicrafts
attentive to detail; meticulous in one's work
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
versatility
versatile entertainer; all-round performer; person skilled in their craft
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
craftsmanship; artisanship
one's history as a performer
① 芸能・技芸を日本独自の精神性を背景として体系化したもの。
(skill of) making funny faces; facial performance
masterful performance; virtuosity
tricks with water
type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)
type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)
art of consummate skill
① 諸諸の芸道。諸道。
folk craft; folk art
main accomplishments
amateur's skill or performance
something that will help develop one's artistic skill
entertainment journalist; entertainment reporter; gossip columnist
one's specialty performance; one's repertoire
lacking talent; lacking accomplishments
performing art; technique (in a performing art)
(the art of) storytelling
art and literature
handicrafts
tricks performed with the feet
talk about art
dilettantism; amateurism (in art)
art brings bread
talent and accomplishments; wisdom and works
unusual trick; rarely seen skill
dilettantism; amateurism
unaccomplished person; uninteresting person; nobody
act or trick which a performer reserves for selected occasions
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
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
archery
jack of all trades
versatility
artistic and literary circles
posing and moving the fingers as an art form; finger-tutting
secret technique; secret art
agriculture and horticulture
range of skills
dog that knows (does) tricks
successful performance
woodworking
street performance
devotee of the arts
fruit growing
arboriculture; tree growing
being a jack of all trades and master of none
geisha and maiko
calligraphic art; calligraphy (as an art)
being able to live as an artist is no blessing
performance at a drinking party; party trick
Examples (4 in total)
Monkeys can learn a lot of tricks.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
I saw a marvelous animal act at the circus.