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    3. 世話物

    世話物

    世せ話わ物もの

    sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)

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    せわもの

    Noun

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    sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)

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    歌か舞ぶ伎きには世せ話わ物ものというジャンルがある。

    Kabuki has a genre called Sewamono.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    世せ話わ物ものは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの庶しょ民みんの生せい活かつを描えがいた演えん劇げきだ。

    Sewamono is a play depicting the lives of common people in the Edo period.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistory
    近ちか松まつ門もん左ざ衛え門もんは、世せ話わ物ものの名めい作さくを数かず多おおく生うみ出だしたことで知しられる。

    Chikamatsu Monzaemon is known for creating many masterpieces of Sewamono.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistoryLiterature
    世せ話わ物ものは、当とう時じの社しゃ会かい風ふう俗ぞくや人にん間げん模も様ようをリアルに反はん映えいしている。

    Sewamono realistically reflects the social customs and human relationships of that time.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistory
    現げん代だいのドラマにも、世せ話わ物ものに通つうじるテーマが見みられることがある。

    Even in modern dramas, themes similar to Sewamono can sometimes be seen.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
    話
    はな.す・はなし…(1)
    tale・talk
    物
    もの・もの-…(2)
    thing・object・matter
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