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パントマイム (pantomaimu) Japanese meaning: pantomime | Kotomora
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He made the audience laugh using only pantomime movements.
Would you like to go see a pantomime performance?
Usage patterns パントマイムを 演えん じる to perform a pantomime
He performed a pantomime on stage.
パントマイムで 〈 事こと 〉 を 伝つた える to convey something through pantomime (without speaking)
She conveyed her feelings through pantomime.
パントマイムを 習なら う to learn/study pantomime
He is studying pantomime at a specialized school.
Related words パントマイム is the standard loanword for the Western art of silent theatrical gesture, while 無言劇 is a more literal, less common native Japanese term for the same thing.
パントマイム is the full, formal term for pantomime, while マイム is a shorter, more casual way to refer to the same art of silent acting.
Etymology Loanword from English 'pantomime', ultimately from Latin pantomīmus, from Greek pantomimos (παντόμιμος) 'imitator of all'.
