戯曲

ぎきょく

play, drama

Also:Chinese opera

What does 戯曲 mean?

戯曲 is a Japanese noun meaning play, drama in English. It can also be translated as Chinese opera depending on context. It is written as 戯曲 in kanji, ぎきょく in hiragana, and gikyoku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

彼はいくつかの戯曲を韻文で書いた。

He wrote several plays in verse.