What does 脚色 mean?
脚色 is a Japanese noun meaning “dramatization (e.g., film” in English. It can also be translated as “embellishment (of the facts)” depending on context. It is written as 脚色 in kanji, きゃくしょく in hiragana, and kyakushoku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
この劇は小説から脚色したものです。
This play was adapted from the novel.