Illustration: During a community theatre performance in a Japanese school hall, a performer dressed as a storybook lord steps through a gap in the stage curtain. One foot has reached the lit playing area while the trailing sleeve remains partly hidden backstage.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

登とう場じょう

toujou

to appear on stage or in a story

Example sentences

その女優じょゆうは舞台ぶたいに３度ど登場とうじょうした。
That actress made three entrances onto the stage.
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彼かれが登場とうじょうすると群集ぐんしゅうは歓声かんせいを上あげた。
The crowd cheered when he appeared.
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歌手かしゅが登場とうじょうすると観衆かんしゅうは歓声かんせいを上あげた。
The crowd cheered the singer’s entrance.
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Kanji in 登場

登ascend; climb upOnトウ・ト・ドウKunのぼる・あがる
場location; placeOnジョウ・チョウKunば

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