Word Meaning 戯作三昧

げさくざんまい gesakuzammai

戯作三昧 is read as げさくざんまい (gesakuzammai) and means Absorbed in Letters (novel by Akutagawa).

Meaning

English

Absorbed in Letters (novel by Akutagawa)
being absorbed in writing popular novels (cheap fiction)
being absorbed in writing something to amuse oneself

Reading

Kana

げさくざんまい

Romaji

gesakuzammai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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戯作

ぎさく

light literature popular in the late Edo period

戯作者

げさくしゃ

fiction writer

三昧

さんまい

samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

一行三昧

いちぎょうざんまい

complete concentration on one subject (usu. prayer)

自由三昧

じゆうざんまい

free

放蕩三昧

ほうとうざんまい

being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures

悪行三昧

あくぎょうざんまい

committing every evil

読書三昧

どくしょざんまい

being absorbed in reading

風流三昧

ふうりゅうざんまい

taking delight in elegant pursuits

念仏三昧

ねんぶつざんまい

being deep in prayer

遊蕩三昧

ゆうとうざんまい

being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures

刃物三昧

はものざんまい

swinging a knife around