げい
Meanings
Noun
1. art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
Kanji used
art
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (86 in total)
(fine) art; the arts
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
martial arts
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
horticulture; gardening
street performing
arts and sciences; liberal arts
industrial arts; craft
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
university of arts; arts college
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
an art; one talent
one's party piece; parlor trick; hidden talent
arts; crafts; handicrafts
style of acting
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
performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)
(skill of) making funny faces; facial performance
masterful performance; virtuosity
tricks with water
geisha; (arch.) kabuki actor (esp. a young actor); (arch.) someone accomplished in the arts
type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)
folk craft; folk art
(artistic) accomplishments
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
art of consummate skill
main accomplishments
amateur's skill or performance
entertainment journalist; entertainment reporter; gossip columnist
something that will help develop one's artistic skill
lacking talent; lacking accomplishments
one's specialty performance; one's repertoire
(the art of) storytelling
performing art; technique (in a performing art)
art and literature
tricks performed with the feet
geisha and prostitutes
talk about art
dilettantism; amateurism (in art)
unusual trick; rarely seen skill
dilettantism; amateurism
talent and accomplishments; wisdom and works
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
jack of all trades
type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)
unaccomplished person; uninteresting person; nobody
unaccomplished person; uninteresting person; nobody
posing and moving the fingers as an art form; finger-tutting
versatility
secret technique; secret art
artistic and literary circles
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
range of skills
agriculture and horticulture
dog that knows (does) tricks
successful performance
street performance
being able to live as an artist is no blessing
calligraphic art; calligraphy (as an art)
performance at a drinking party; party trick
arboriculture; tree growing
geisha and maiko
devotee of the arts
being a jack of all trades and master of none
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.