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戯曲 (ぎきょく, gikyoku) Japanese meaning: drama | Kotomora
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He finished writing a new play.
This drama is scheduled to premiere next month.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 戯ぎ 曲きょく を 書か く for someone to write a play
He wrote many plays when he was young.
戯ぎ 曲きょく を 上じょう 演えん する to stage/perform a play
The theater troupe staged a new play.
戯ぎ 曲きょく を 発はっ 表ぴょう する to publish/release a play (as a written work)
The writer published a new play last year.
Related words 脚本 is a script used for any performance medium (film, TV, stage), while 戯曲 refers specifically to a stage play with a more literary, artistic connotation.
演劇 refers broadly to theatre or the act of theatrical performance, whereas 戯曲 is the written dramatic work or script itself.
台本 is the practical production script used by actors and staff, while 戯曲 emphasizes the work's literary or artistic status.
戯曲 is the finished dramatic work itself, while 劇作 refers to the craft or process of writing such a work.
Don't confuse with 戯曲 (a play or drama) and 戯言 (nonsense, a joke) share the kanji 戯 but have completely unrelated meanings.
歌曲 means a sung musical piece, while 戯曲 means a stage play or drama script, despite sharing the character 曲.
Etymology From Chinese 戯曲 (xìqǔ), combining 戯 (play, sport) and 曲 (music, melody). The term originally referred to sung drama and was adopted into Japanese with the same meaning.
