Illustration: In a contemporary Japanese living room, a grandparent and child watch a television drama showing a tense encounter outside an Edo-period merchant house. On the screen, a samurai in coherent period clothing holds one hand near his sheathed sword while a worried merchant bows on the wooden veranda.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

時じ代だい劇げき

jidaigeki

period drama

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは時代劇じだいげきを見みにその劇場げきじょうへ行いった。

    I went to the theater to see a period drama.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 庭園ていえんや建物たてものは時代劇じだいげきの撮影さつえいに使用しようされている。

    The temple’s garden and buildings are often used as a shooting location for period costume dramas.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 現在げんざいは時代劇じだいげきの撮影さつえいに使つかわれるなど名所めいしょの一ひとつとなっている。

    The place now has become a famous tourist attraction and is often used as a backdrop for historical films.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 時代劇

  • 時time; hourOnジKunとき
  • 代substitute; changeOnダイ・タイKunかわる・かわる・かわり
  • 劇drama; playOnゲキ

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