Illustration: On the stage of a neighborhood cultural hall, an actor playing a traveler dramatically opens a freestanding doorway and discovers another actor hiding behind an oversized parcel. Painted wooden scenery, overhead theatrical lights and an open side curtain reveal the production's constructed setting.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

上じょう演えん

jouen

to stage, to perform a play

Used for stage works such as plays and opera. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. その劇場げきじょうでは何なにが上演じょうえんされていますか。

    What is playing at the theater?

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  2. その劇げきは先月せんげつ上演じょうえんされた。

    The drama was presented last month.

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  3. その劇げきはまだ上演じょうえん中ちゅうですか。

    Is the play still running?

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Kanji in 上演

  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ
  • 演performance; actOnエン

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