Word Meaning 喜劇

きげき kigeki

喜劇 is read as きげき (kigeki) and means comedy.

Meaning

English

  1. comedy
  2. funny show

Reading

Kana

きげき

Romaji

kigeki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms 悲劇 Rank 5012 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

喜歌劇

きかげき

comic opera

喜劇映画

きげきえいが

comic film

喜劇的

きげきてき

comical

悲喜劇

ひきげき

tragicomedy

演劇

えんげき

drama

げき

powerful drug

悲劇

ひげき

tragedy

京劇

けいげき

classical Chinese opera

時代劇

じだいげき

historical play

新劇

しんげき

school of western-inspired Japanese drama which developed towards the end of the Meiji period

Example Sentences

2

きげきをみるとげんきがでる。

Watching a comedy cheers me up.

Love is a comedy in France, a tragedy in England, an opera in Italy, and a melodrama in Germany.