ファルス

also: ファース

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

noun

farce (theatrical)

Refers to the theatrical genre of farce, a comedy with exaggerated situations and physical humor. Borrowed from French.

from French

この劇げきは古こ典てん的てきなファルスの要よう素そを多おおく含ふくんでいる。
This play contains many elements of classical farce.

noun

stuffing; stuffed food

food / cooking

Only with reading ファルス

Culinary term for a stuffing or a dish where food is stuffed, such as stuffed vegetables or meat. The reading is restricted to ファルス in this sense.

Usage patterns

ファルスを演えんじるto perform/act out a farce
劇げき団だんは古こ典てん的てきなファルスを演えんじた。
The theater troupe performed a classic farce.
〈物もの〉にファルスを詰つめるto stuff something with filling
ピーマンにファルスを詰つめて焼やいた。
I stuffed the peppers with the filling and baked them.
ファルスを作つくるto make a stuffing mixture
肉にくと野や菜さいを混まぜてファルスを作つくる。
You mix meat and vegetables to make the stuffing.

Related words

笑しょう劇げき sense 1
笑劇 is the native Japanese term for stage farce, while ファルス is the French-derived loanword used in the same sense, often in more academic theater criticism.
喜き劇げきN1sense 1
喜劇 is the broad word for comedy in general, whereas ファルス names the specific subgenre built on exaggerated, physical slapstick situations.

Opposites

悲ひ劇げきN3sense 1
悲劇 (tragedy) is the dramatic opposite of ファルス (farce) as a theatrical genre.

Don't confuse with

ファルシ sense 2
ファルシ refers to the stuffed dish itself (e.g. stuffed vegetables), while ファルス refers specifically to the stuffing mixture used to fill it.

Counted with

幕まくN3
curtain; stage curtain; screen · act in a play; act; counter for acts · falling of the curtain; end of a scene · end; close; conclusion · one's place; one's turn; role to play; occasion for involvement · makuuchi; top sumo division

Written forms

ファルスUsage40%
Standard katakana loanword spelling from French 'farce'. The reading ファース is a less common variant.
ファースUsage60%
Alternate katakana spelling; less common than ファルス.

Etymology

Borrowed from French 'farce', originally meaning stuffing or forcemeat, and later extended to the theatrical genre. The culinary sense retains the original meaning.