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    3. 劇中劇

    劇中劇

    劇げき中ちゅう劇げき

    play within a play

    KMT10News #39+1NounMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab34 strokes

    げきちゅうげき

    Noun

    1.
    play within a play

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    その演えん劇げきには劇げき中ちゅう劇げきの要よう素そが含ふくまれていた。

    That play included elements of a play within a play.

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    シェイクスピアの作さく品ひんには劇げき中ちゅう劇げきがよく登とう場じょうする。

    Plays within plays often appear in Shakespeare's works.

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    劇げき中ちゅう劇げきは、物ものが語たりに多た層そう的てきな意い味みを与あたえる効こう果かがある。

    A play within a play has the effect of giving the story multi-layered meanings.

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    オペラの中なかで劇げき中ちゅう劇げきが演えんじられ、観かん客きゃくを魅み了りょうした。

    A play within a play was performed in the opera, captivating the audience.

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    この映えい画がは、劇げき中ちゅう劇げきの手しゅ法ほうを使つかって現げん実じつと虚きょ構こうの境きょう界かいを曖あい昧まいにしている。

    This film uses the technique of a play within a play to blur the line between reality and fiction.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    劇
    drama・play
    中
    なか・うち・あた.る…(3)
    in・inside・middle・mean・center
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