時代劇

Japanese edit

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時代劇

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Jidaigeki

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

(Tokyo) じだいげき [jìdáꜜìgèkì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑida̠iɡe̞kʲi]

Noun edit

時(じ)代(だい)劇(げき) • (jidaigeki)

period drama

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

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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