芝居

• 読み: しばい
• ローマ字: shibai
• 漢字の分解: 芝 (shiba) — grass, lawn; 居 (i) — to sit, to be
• 発音: /ɕi.ba.i/

意味

Play; drama; theatre performance. Also used figuratively to mean an act or pretence.

A noun referring to theatrical performances, from traditional kabuki to modern stage plays. Also commonly used in everyday conversation to describe someone pretending or putting on an act (芝居をする). Can appear in compounds like お芝居 (polite form) and 芝居がかった (theatrical, melodramatic).

例文

1. 週末に友達と芝居を見に行く。
2. 彼の涙は芝居だったらしい。
3. 子供たちが学校で芝居をすることになった。

使い方ガイド

場面: entertainment, daily conversation, arts

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Originally referred to sitting on the grass (芝 = grass, 居 = to sit) to watch outdoor performances in medieval Japan. The word evolved to mean the performance itself.

文化的背景

時代: Edo period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal