Kanji1 / 14
演 kanji
performance, act, play, render, stage
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
エン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 演
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3演技Popularacting; performance
- N3演説Popularspeech; address
- N3講演Popularlecture; address; speech
- N3演奏Popularmusical performance
- N2演劇Populardrama; theatre; theater; play
- N1演習Popularpractice; exercise; drill; military exercise; manoeuvres; maneuvers; drill; seminar
- N1演出Populardirection (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect); orchestration
- N1公演Popularpublic performance; exhibition in a foreign country
- N1主演Popularstarring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
- N1出演Popularappearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
- N1上演Popularperformance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
- N1演じるPopularto act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself; to do something conspicuously; to make a scene; to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
- N1演ずるPopularto act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father); to disgrace oneself
- —演歌Popularenka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
- —演芸Popularentertainment; performance
- —演算Popularoperation; calculation
- —演壇Popularrostrum; platform
- —演目Popularprogram (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
- —開演Popularcurtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
- —競演Popularcontest (between performers); competitive performance; competition between theatres putting on the same show