競きょう演えん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

competitive performance; contest between performers

Used when performers show their skill in a way that invites comparison or competition, often in music, theatre, dance, or entertainment contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する.

• 若わか手てピアニストたちが同おなじ課か題だい曲きょくで競きょう演えんした。

  The young pianists competed in performance on the same set piece.

• 名めい優ゆう二人ふたりの競きょう演えんは見み応ごたえがあった。

  The competitive performance by the two great actors was worth seeing.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

competition between theatres staging the same show

A more specialized theatre use, referring to different theatres competing by putting on the same play or program.

• 今こん月げつは二ふたつの劇げき場じょうが同おなじ演えん目もくで競きょう演えんしている。

  This month, two theatres are competing by staging the same program.