コメディ

also: コメディー

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to the genre of comedy in film, theater, television, etc., or a comedic work. Often used in compounds like コメディ映画 (comedy film).

彼かれはコメディ映えい画がが大だい好すきだ。
He loves comedy movies.
このドラマはコメディとロマンスが混まざっている。
This drama mixes comedy and romance.

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Usage patterns

コメディを演えんじるto perform in a comedy
彼かの女じょは舞ぶ台たいでコメディを演えんじるのが得とく意いだ。
She's good at performing comedy on stage.
コメディを撮とるto make/shoot a comedy film
この監かん督とくは初はじめてコメディを撮とった。
This director made a comedy for the first time.

Related words

喜き劇げきN1
喜劇 is the traditional Japanese word for comedy, often used in formal or literary contexts, while コメディ is the modern loanword common in film and TV.
お笑わらい
コメディ is the loanword for comedy as a genre (often films or theater), while お笑い is the native term tied to Japanese stand-up/variety comedy culture.

Opposites

悲ひ劇げきN3
コメディ is a lighthearted, humorous genre, while 悲劇 is the tragic genre marked by sorrow or downfall.

Word family

エロコメディ
erotic comedy
コメディタッチ
comedic style; humorous touch; funny
ホームコメディ
sitcom; situation comedy; family comedy
コメディリリーフ
comic relief
ブラックコメディ
black comedy; dark comedy

Written forms

コメディUsage68%
Most common modern spelling; loanword from English 'comedy'.
コメディーUsage32%
Alternate spelling with long vowel marker; also common.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'comedy'.