演えんじる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

act a part; play a role

Used for acting in a play, film, or drama, or for playing a role in a real-life situation.

• 彼かれはハムレットを演えんじた。

  He played Hamlet.

• 会かい議ぎでは冷れい静せいな役やくを演えんじた。

  I played the role of a calm person at the meeting.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

perform; put on a production

Focuses on staging a play, show, or performance as a whole.

• 劇げき団だんが新しん作さくを演えんじる。

  The theater company performs a new work.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

commit a blunder; make a scene; do something conspicuously

Used for doing something noticeable, often negative or embarrassing, as if performing it on a stage. Common with nouns like 失態 (blunder) or 醜態 (disgraceful scene).

• 彼かれは会かい議ぎで大だい失しっ態たいを演えんじた。

  He committed a huge blunder at the meeting.

• 酔よって醜しゅう態たいを演えんじる。

  Get drunk and make a disgraceful scene.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

pretend to be; act like

Used when someone consciously acts a role in daily life, often with a nuance of pretense. Common with nouns like いい父親 (good father) or 理解者 (understanding person).

• 彼かれは子こ供どもの前まえでいい父ちち親おやを演えんじようとした。

  He tried to act like a good father in front of his children.