時代劇

Japanese
Kanji in this term
時 代 劇
じ
Grade: 2		 だい
Grade: 3		 げき
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 時代 (jidai, “age”) +‎ 劇 (geki, “drama”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じだ​いげき [jìdáꜜìgèkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑida̠iɡe̞kʲi]

Noun

時(じ)代(だい)劇(げき) • (jidaigeki) 

  1. period drama

Usage notes

All period dramas in general are called 時代劇 in Japanese. In English, the romanization jidaigeki is only used to refer to Japanese period dramas set in Japan prior to the Meiji Restoration.

Descendants
  • → English: jidaigeki

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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