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悲劇 (ひげき, higeki) Japanese meaning: tragedy | Kotomora

悲ひ劇げき

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

tragedy; tragic drama

Refers to the dramatic genre or a specific tragic play, as opposed to comedy.

シェイクスピアの四よん大だい悲ひ劇げきを読よんだことがありますか。

Have you ever read Shakespeare's four great tragedies?

この物もの語がたりは悲ひ劇げきで終おわる。

This story ends as a tragedy.

2

tragedy; disaster; calamity

Used for real-life catastrophic events or situations, often with a sense of great loss or sorrow.

その事じ故こは大おおきな悲ひ劇げきを引ひき起おこした。
The accident caused a great tragedy.
戦せん争そうはいつも悲ひ劇げきをもたらす。
War always brings tragedy.

Usage patterns

悲ひ劇げきが起おこるfor a tragedy/disaster to occur
その村むらでは大おおきな悲ひ劇げきが起おこった。
A great tragedy occurred in that village.
悲ひ劇げきを演えんじるto perform a tragedy (a tragic play)
その劇げき団だんはシェイクスピアの悲ひ劇げきを演えんじた。
The theater troupe performed a Shakespearean tragedy.
悲ひ劇げきを招まねくto bring about a tragedy
彼かれの判はん断だんミスが悲ひ劇げきを招まねいた。
His error in judgment brought about a tragedy.
悲ひ劇げきに終おわるto end in tragedy
二人ふたりの恋こいは悲ひ劇げきに終おわった。
Their love ended in tragedy.

Expressions

悲ひ劇げきの英えい雄ゆうtragic hero
共きょう有ゆう地ちの悲ひ劇げきtragedy of the commons
コモンズの悲ひ劇げきtragedy of the commons
悲ひ劇げきのヒロインdrama queen; tragic heroine

Kanji

悲grieve, sad, deplore
劇drama, play

Related words· 6

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.