悲ひ喜き劇げき

noun

tragicomedy

A drama or situation that blends tragic and comic elements. Used both for theatrical works and for real-life events that are both sad and funny.

• シェイクスピアの『冬物語ふゆものがたり』は悲ひ喜き劇げきに分ぶん類るいされる。

  Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' is classified as a tragicomedy.

• 彼かれの人じん生せいはまさに悲ひ喜き劇げきだった。

  His life was truly a tragicomedy.