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script, screenplay, scenario
The written text of a play, film, TV show, or other performance, containing dialogue, stage directions, and scene descriptions.
台本を読んで練習する。
I practice by reading the script.
監督が台本を書き直した。
The director rewrote the script.
まるで台本があるかのように話が進んだ。
Things progressed as if there were a script.
Used for scripts in theater, TV, film, and radio. Can also be used figuratively to suggest something feels planned or staged.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 台本を書く — to write a script
- 台本通り — according to the script
- 台本を覚える — to memorize the script
- 台本読み — script reading (rehearsal)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 脚本 — screenplay, script (more formal, emphasizes the written work)
- シナリオ — scenario, screenplay (loanword, also used figuratively)