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芝居 (しばい): play, drama — Japanese vocabulary

芝居 is read しばい and means "play, drama". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

芝居

Reading
しばい · shibai
Translation
play, drama
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しばいが

Example

どの芝居がいいですか。

どのしばいがいいですか。

Can you recommend a good play?

Kanji in this word

  • 芝 — turf, lawn
  • 居 — Reside, To Be, Exist

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