劇

Meaning

劇 centers on intense, staged performance: a drama or play. The idea is a vivid, often emotional spectacle enacted for an audience.

• 劇場げきじょう
  N3

  theatre; theater; playhouse

• 劇げき
  N3

  drama; play

• 悲劇ひげき
  N3

  tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play

• 演劇えんげき
  N3

  drama; theatre; theater; play

• 劇団げきだん
  N1

  troupe; theatrical company

• 劇的げきてき
  N1

  dramatic; exciting; touching

• 喜劇きげき
  N1

  comedy

• 歌劇かげき

  opera

• 惨劇さんげき

  tragedy; tragic event

• 観劇かんげき

  theatre-going; theater-going

• 劇画げきが

  gekiga; manga with a realistic, dramatic art style and mature themes

• 劇団四季げきだんしき

  Shiki Theatrical Company

• 活劇かつげき

  action film; action movie; action drama

• 寸劇すんげき

  short play; skit

• 宝塚歌劇団たからづかかげきだん

  Takarazuka Revue

• 劇薬げきやく

  powerful medicine; strong poison

• 新劇しんげき

  shingeki; new drama (movement); form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater

• 帝劇ていげき

  Imperial Theatre (Tokyo)

• 京劇きょうげき

  classical Chinese opera

• 劇映画げきえいが

  film drama

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