jidaigeki

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 2 Japanese 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Japanese 時代劇 jidaigeki.

[edit] Noun

jidaigeki (usually uncountable; plural jidaigekis)

1. (uncountable) A genre of film and television in Japan based on the Edo period of Japanese history which was from A.D. 1600 to 1868, showing the lives of samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of this time.
2. (countable, rare) A film or programme of this kind.

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

jidaigeki (hiragana じだいげき)

1. 時代劇: a period piece; an historical play or film