芝
芝

turf, lawn

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Common Words

芝居しばいNounFreq #4605
1

play; drama

Examples
どの芝居がいいですか。
Can you recommend a good play?
芝生しばふNounFreq #9801
1

lawn; grass

Examples
芝生に露が降りている。
Dew has formed on the lawn.
芝しばNounFreq #12130
1

lawn; sod; turf

Examples
母は私に芝を刈るように言った。
Mother told me to mow the lawn.
芝居がかる芝居掛かる芝居掛るしばいがかるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #16035
1

Usu. as 芝居がかった

to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

Examples
急に芝居がかった態度をとるな。
Don't take that dramatic attitude all of a sudden.
小芝居こしばいNounFreq #38449
1

small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre

2

little performance; short acted scene; act; routine; skit

一芝居ひとしばいNounFreq #44766
1

trick; act

Examples
彼は君のために一芝居打っているんだよ。
He is putting on an act for you.
紙芝居かみしばいNounFreq #46971
1

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

猿芝居さるしばいNounFreq #51664
1

monkey show

2

Idiomatic expression

bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance; farce; clumsy subterfuge

一人芝居ひとりしばい独り芝居NounFreq #51858
1

one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama

芝居小屋しばいごやNounFreq #60914
1

playhouse; theatre; theater

Examples
芝居小屋跡地に学校が建てられたのが1905年4月でした。
It was April 1905 when a school was built on the site of the theatre.
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