Word Meaning 台詞

せりふ serifu

台詞 is read as せりふ (serifu) and means (spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. (spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.)
  2. one's lines
  3. comment
  4. remark
  5. phrase
  6. words
  7. stock phrase
  8. set phrase

Reading

Kana

せりふ

Romaji

serifu

Writing Variants

  • 科白 せりふ serifu
  • 台詞 だいし daishi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 1712 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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台詞回し

せりふまわし

theatrical elocution

名台詞

めいぜりふ

famous line (from a movie, book, etc.)

捨て台詞

すてぜりふ

sharp parting remark

台無し

だいなし

spoiled

台湾

たいわん

Taiwan

台湾国民党

たいわんこくみんとう

Kuomintang (Taiwanese Nationalist Party)

ことば

language

名詞

めいし

noun

祝詞

のと

congratulatory address

代名詞

だいめいし

pronoun

形容詞

けいようし

adjective

動詞

どうし

verb

Example Sentences

2

かのじょはぶたいでせりふをまちがえなかった。

She did not mess up her lines on stage.

せりふがながすぎておぼえるのがたいへんだった。

The lines were so long that they were hard to memorize.