悲ひ劇げき

惨さん事じ sense 2
惨事 highlights the gruesome or catastrophic scale of a real-life disaster, while 悲劇 stresses the sorrow and tragic irony of the outcome.
災さい難なんN2sense 2
災難 is a misfortune or mishap that befalls someone, often smaller in scale, whereas 悲劇 implies a deeper sense of tragic loss.
悲ひ恋れん
悲劇 is a general term for any tragedy, while 悲恋 narrows this specifically to a tragic or ill-fated love affair.
悲ひ惨さんN1
悲劇 is a noun naming a tragedy or tragic event, whereas 悲惨 is an adjective describing how miserable or catastrophic something is.

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不ふ幸こうN3
悲劇 stresses the dramatic, tragic nature of an event, while 不幸 is a plainer, more general word for misfortune.
受じゅ難なん
悲劇 describes a tragic event or story, while 受難 focuses on the suffering endured by a person within such circumstances.

Opposites

喜き劇げきN1sense 1
喜劇 is a comedy, the direct opposite of 悲劇 (a tragedy) in the dramatic genre sense.
コメディ
コメディ is a lighthearted, humorous genre, while 悲劇 is the tragic genre marked by sorrow or downfall.
ファルス
悲劇 (tragedy) is the dramatic opposite of ファルス (farce) as a theatrical genre.

Don't confuse with

惨さん劇げき sense 2
惨劇 refers specifically to a bloody or violent incident, while 悲劇 can describe any sorrowful or ill-fated event, violent or not.

Word family

悲ひ劇げき的てき
tragic
悲ひ劇げき作さっ家か
tragic dramatist; tragedy writer
悲ひ劇げき俳はい優ゆう
tragic actor; tragedian
悲ひ劇げき役やく者しゃ
tragic actor; tragedian

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese word composed of 悲 (sad, mournful) and 劇 (drama, play). The dramatic sense is primary, with the extended meaning of a real-life tragedy developing naturally from the idea of a sorrowful story.