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    3. 翻案

    翻案

    翻ほん案あん

    adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)

    KMT10News #36+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveLiteratureKanji Vocab28 strokes

    ほんあん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)

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    この映えい画がは小しょう説せつの翻ほん案あんです。

    This movie is an adaptation of a novel.

    KMT7LiteratureMusic & Entertainment
    彼かれは有ゆう名めいな童どう話わを舞ぶ台たい劇げきに翻ほん案あんした。

    He adapted a famous fairy tale into a stage play.

    KMT9LiteratureMusic & Entertainment
    古こ典てん文ぶん学がくを現げん代だい劇げきに翻ほん案あんする。

    To adapt classical literature into a modern play.

    KMT10LiteratureArt & Design
    原げん作さくの精せい神しんを損そこなわずに翻ほん案あんすることは、非ひ常じょうに難むずかしい作さ業ぎょうだ。

    Adapting a work without losing the spirit of the original is a very difficult task.

    KMT10LiteratureArt & Design
    この漫まん画がは海かい外がいでアニメとして翻ほん案あんされ、人にん気きを博はくした。

    This manga was adapted into an anime overseas and gained popularity.

    KMT10LiteratureAnime & MangaCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    翻
    ひるがえ.る・ひるがえ.す…(2)
    flip・turn over・wave・flutter・change (mind)
    案
    つくえ…(1)
    plan・suggestion・draft・ponder・fear…(6)
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