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    3. 脚色

    脚色

    脚きゃく色しょく

    dramatization (e.g. of a novel)

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    きゃくしょく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    dramatization (e.g. of a novel), dramatisation, adaptation (for the stage or screen)
    2.
    embellishment (of the facts), exaggeration, dramatization, embroidery

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    その小しょう説せつは映えい画がに脚きゃく色しょくされた。

    That novel was adapted into a movie.

    KMT7Music & EntertainmentLiterature
    歴れき史し的てき事じ実じつを脚きゃく色しょくしすぎると、真しん実じつが歪ゆがめられる恐おそれがある。

    If historical facts are dramatized too much, there is a risk that the truth will be distorted.

    KMT9HistoryEmotions & Psychology
    有ゆう名めいなオペラが、現げん代だい劇げきとして大だい胆たんに脚きゃく色しょくされた。

    A famous opera was boldly adapted as a modern play.

    KMT9Music & EntertainmentArt & Design
    彼かれの話はなしはいつも脚きゃく色しょくされていて、どこまでが本ほん当とうかわからない。

    His stories are always embellished, so I don't know how much is true.

    KMT9LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    原げん作さくの精せい神しんを尊そん重ちょうしつつ、現げん代だいの観かん客きゃくに響ひびくように脚きゃく色しょくするのは難むずかしい作さ業ぎょうだ。

    It is a difficult task to adapt a work to resonate with modern audiences while respecting the spirit of the original.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    脚
    あし…(4)
    skids・leg・undercarriage・lower part・base
    色
    いろ…(4)
    color
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