喜劇(きげき)

きげき
noun
comedy
1. comedy, comic play
A theatrical genre or work intended to amuse, as opposed to tragedy. Also used more broadly to describe absurd or laughable real-life situations.
あの映画(えいが)は喜劇(きげき)だ。
That movie is a comedy.
シェイクスピアは悲劇(ひげき)だけでなく喜劇(きげき)も書(か)いた。
Shakespeare wrote comedies as well as tragedies.
あまりにも失敗(しっぱい)が続(つづ)いて、もはや喜劇(きげき)のような状況(じょうきょう)になってしまった。
So many failures piled up that the situation became almost like a comedy.

The opposite of 悲劇(ひげき) (tragedy). While コメディ is also used (especially for modern entertainment), 喜劇(きげき) has a more classical or literary nuance and is used in theatrical and academic contexts.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 喜劇(きげき)映画(えいが) — comedy film
  • 喜劇(きげき)俳優(はいゆう) — comedy actor, comedian
  • 喜劇(きげき)作家(さっか) — comedy writer
  • 人生(じんせい)は喜劇(きげき)だ — life is a comedy
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