Lingaku演じる【えんじる】
Frequency rank: 5,499. – 5,504.
- to act (a part); to play (a role)
- to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production)
- to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself; to make a scene
- to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
Ichidan verb; transitive verb
Forms
- 演じる【えんじる】Frequency rank: 5,499. – 5,504.
- えんじる
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to act (a part); to play (a role)
- to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production)
- to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself; to make a scene
- to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
This meaning refers to the act of performing in a theatrical context, taking on a character or role in a play or film.
This meaning involves staging a play or production, referring to the act of presenting a performance to an audience.
In this context, the word indicates making a mistake in a social context, typically leading to embarrassment or a dramatic occurrence that draws attention.
He committed a big blunder at the party.
This meaning entails behaving in a way that is not genuine, often in the context of taking on a facade or role that does not reflect true feelings or actions.
Generated collocations (experimental)
えんじる演じるやく役to play a roleえんじる演じることthe act of actingえんじる演じるしばい芝居to perform a playえんじる演じるぶたい舞台to put on a productionえんじる演じるふり振りto pretend (to be something)えんじる演じることでby acting (or performing)えんじる演じるすがた姿the manner of actingえんじる演じるやくわり役割the role one playsえんじる演じるひと人the actorえんじる演じるばめん場面the scene being acted
Example sentences
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Men, too, have discovered that there are various roles they can play.
He will play the leading role for the first time in the next school festival.
Bob will play the leading role for the first time in the next school festival.
Part-time workers play an important role in the development of the economy.
Kate has been given an opportunity to play a major role in a movie.
It's too bad, but your character gets killed at the start of the play.
Since the role I play is that of a tree, it's just as if I didn't have one.
15. しっちたい湿地帯はせいたいけい生態系においてみず水のじょうか浄化、こうずい洪水としんしょく侵食のぼうし防止、やせいせいぶつ野生生物へのしょくりょう食料とすみかのていきょう提供というじゅうよう重要なやくわりをえんじる役割を演じる。
Wetland habitats serve essential functions in an ecosystem, including acting as water filters, providing flood and erosion control, and furnishing food and homes for fish and wildlife.