(ばけい)

ばけい
noun
scene; setting; spectacle
art
1. scene; setting; spectacle
A scene or view at a particular place, especially one with emotional or atmospheric significance. Used in literary and formal contexts.
A beautiful scene spread out before us.
The opening scene of the novel was memorable.
The scene of the postwar burnt-out wasteland influenced many writers.

A somewhat literary or formal word for a scene or setting, composed of () (place) and (けい) (scenery, view). More evocative than the everyday word 場面(ばめん), emphasizing the visual or atmospheric quality of a scene.

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