Word Meaning 戯作

ぎさく gisaku

戯作 is read as ぎさく (gisaku) and means light literature popular in the late Edo period.

Meaning

English

light literature popular in the late Edo period
cheap literature
writing for amusement

Reading

Kana

ぎさく

Romaji

gisaku

Writing Variants

戯作げさく gesaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 124508 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

戯作者

げさくしゃ

fiction writer

戯作三昧

げさくざんまい

Absorbed in Letters (novel by Akutagawa)

戯れる

ざれる

to flirt with

戯曲

ぎきょく

Chinese opera

戯れ

たわむれ

play

戯画

ぎが

caricature

製作

せいさく

production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)

創作

そうさく

fabrication

操作

そうさ

manipulating (to one's benefit)

傑作

けっさく

(unintentionally) hilarious

稲作

いなさく

rice cultivation

遺作

いさく

posthumous works