時代劇
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 時 | 代 | 劇 |
| じ Grade: 2 |
だい Grade: 3 |
げき Grade: 6 |
| on’yomi | ||
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 時代 (jidai, “age”) + 劇 (geki, “drama”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
All period dramas in general are called 時代劇 in Japanese. In English, the romanization jidaigeki is only used to refer to Japanese period dramas set in Japan prior to the Meiji Restoration.
Descendants[edit]
- → English: jidaigeki
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 時 read as じ
- Japanese terms spelled with 代 read as だい
- Japanese terms spelled with 劇 read as げき
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
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