演

Meaning

演 centers on carrying out a planned display for an audience: performing, acting, staging a play, or rendering a role. The idea of deliberate presentation connects all the given meanings.

• 出演しゅつえん
  N1

  appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance

• 公演こうえん
  N1

  public performance

• 演奏えんそう
  N3

  musical performance

• 演出えんしゅつ
  N1

  direction (of a play, film, etc.); production

• 主演しゅえん
  N1

  starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part

• 演技えんぎ
  N3

  acting; performance

• 演ずるえんずる
  N1

  to act (a part); to play (a role)

• 講演こうえん
  N3

  lecture; address; speech

• 共演きょうえん

  appearing together (in a film, play, etc.); performing together (at a concert, etc.); acting together; co-starring; playing together (in a sports match)

• 演じるえんじる
  N1

  to act (a part); to play (a role)

• 演説えんぜつ
  N3

  speech; address

• 演劇えんげき
  N3

  drama; theatre; theater; play

• 演習えんしゅう
  N2

  practice; exercise; drill

• 上演じょうえん
  N1

  performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation

• 演算えんざん

  operation; calculation

• 演歌えんか

  enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad

• 開演かいえん

  curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)

• 実演じつえん

  demonstration; presentation

• 初演しょえん

  first performance; premiere

• 演目えんもく

  program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme

• 再演さいえん

  another showing (of a play)

• 競演きょうえん

  contest (between performers); competitive performance

• 演舞えんぶ

  dance performance

• 助演じょえん

  supporting performance; playing a supporting role

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