Translation guide
In Japanese, the concept of mime is expressed through specific performance terms, loanwords, or descriptive phrases depending on context.
To refer to the art form of mime or a mime performance.
The standard loanword for mime as a performance art. Commonly used in everyday conversation.
He is good at mime.
Literally 'silent drama', a more formal or literary term for mime or pantomime.
I went to see a mime performance.
A less common term meaning 'gesture play', sometimes used for mime.
Express a story through mime.
To refer to a mime artist.
Loanword for 'mime artist'. Widely understood.
That mime artist is very funny.
Descriptive phrase meaning 'person who does mime'. Useful if the loanword is not known.
I want to become a mime artist.
To describe the action of miming something.
Means 'to convey through gestures'. Natural way to express miming an action or idea.
Since we didn't share a language, I mimed it.
Using gestures to indicate something. Common in casual contexts.
He mimed the answer.
Literally 'to do mime'. Can be used for performing mime as an art or miming something casually.
She mimed the movements of an animal.