場景(ばけい)

ばけい
noun
scene; setting; spectacle
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.
美(うつく)しい場景(ばけい)が広(ひろ)がっていた。
A beautiful scene spread out before us.
小説(しょうせつ)の冒頭(ぼうとう)の場景(ばけい)が印象的(いんしょうてき)だった。
The opening scene of the novel was memorable.
戦後(せんご)の焼(や)け野原(のはら)の場景(ばけい)は多(おお)くの作家(さっか)に影響(えいきょう)を与(あた)えた。
The scene of the postwar burnt-out wasteland influenced many writers.

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

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 美(うつく)しい場景(ばけい) — beautiful scene
  • 印象的(いんしょうてき)な場景(ばけい) — memorable scene
  • 壮大(そうだい)な場景(ばけい) — grand spectacle
  • 場景(ばけい)が広(ひろ)がる — a scene unfolds

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 場面(ばめん) — scene (more common, used for specific moments in stories or events)
  • 光景(こうけい) — sight, spectacle (emphasizes what is visually witnessed)
  • 風景(ふうけい) — landscape, scenery (natural or outdoor views)
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