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    3. 新劇

    新劇

    新しん劇げき

    shingeki

    KMT7News #15+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab28 strokes

    しんげき

    Noun

    1.
    shingeki, new drama (movement), form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater

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    彼かれは新しん劇げきの俳はい優ゆうとして活かつ躍やくした。

    He was active as an actor in the Shingeki movement.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    新しん劇げきは明めい治じ時じ代だい末まっ期きに西せい洋よう演えん劇げきの影えい響きょうを受うけて始はじまった。

    Shingeki began at the end of the Meiji era, influenced by Western theater.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistory
    多おおくの新しん劇げきの作さく品ひんは、社しゃ会かい問もん題だいや人にん間げんの内ない面めんを描えがいている。

    Many Shingeki works depict social issues and the inner lives of people.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsArt & DesignEmotions & Psychology
    新しん劇げきは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな演えん劇げきとは異ことなるリアリズムを追つい求きゅうした。

    Shingeki pursued a realism different from traditional Japanese theater.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    新しん劇げきの発はっ展てんは、日に本ほんの近きん代だい文ぶん学がくや芸げい術じゅつにも大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    The development of Shingeki also had a significant impact on modern Japanese literature and art.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsLiteratureArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    新
    あたら.しい・あら.た・あら-・にい-…(8)
    new
    劇
    drama・play
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