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    3. 初演

    初演

    初しょ演えん

    first performance

    KMT5News #10+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab21 strokes

    しょえん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    first performance, premiere

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    その劇げきの初しょ演えんを見みに行いった。

    I went to see the premiere of that play.

    KMT4Music & EntertainmentArt & Design
    このオペラは来らい月げつ、ニューヨークで初しょ演えんされる。

    This opera will premiere in New York next month.

    KMT5Music & EntertainmentTravel & Transportation
    彼かれの新あたらしい交こう響きょう曲きょくの初しょ演えんは、大だい成せい功こうを収おさめた。

    The premiere of his new symphony was a great success.

    KMT5Music & Entertainment
    その作さっ曲きょく家かの作さく品ひんは、彼かれの死し後ごに初しょ演えんされたものが多おおい。

    Many of that composer's works were premiered after his death.

    KMT6Music & EntertainmentHistory
    そのバレエの初しょ演えんは、観かん客きゃくに深ふかい感かん動どうを与あたえた。

    The premiere of that ballet deeply moved the audience.

    KMT6Music & EntertainmentArt & DesignEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    初
    はじ.め・はじ.めて・はつ・はつ-・うい-・-そ.める…(4)
    first time・beginning
    演
    performance・act・play・render・stage
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