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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~A~

◎ アドリブ (adoribu): ad-lib (lat.: Ad libitum) → an actor speaks through their character using words not found in the script (improvisation/spontaneous creation)

◎ 挨拶 あいさつ (aisatsu): greetings; speech → giving a speech at the end of a performance

◎ アンケート (ankeeto): survey

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~B~

◎ 場当たり ばあたり (baatari): stage rehearsal

◎ バミリ (bamiri): mark on a stage, showing the position of people or props

◎ 舞台 ぶたい (butai): stage

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~C~

◎ 散し ちらし (chirashi): flyer

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~D~

◎ 台本 だいほん (daihon): script

◎ 代役 だいやく (daiyaku): substitute actor

◎ 出待ち でまち (demachi): waiting for departure [*] → waiting for an actor/actress to leave the theater after a performance

◎ 緞帳 どんちょう (donchou): drop curtain

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~F~

◎ ファンサ [ファンサービス] (fansa [fansaabisu]): fan service

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~G~

◎ 楽屋 がくや (gakuya): dressing room → dressing rooms located in a theater

◎ 凱旋公演 がいせんこうえん (gaisen kouen): performance given after a successful tour (abroad) → often used for a show that comes back to Tokyo after performing in different cities

◎ 芸名 げいめい (geimei): stage name → a name that an actor/actress is publicly known by (different from his/her real name)

◎ ゲネプロ (genepro): Generalprobe ‘ɡenəˈraːlproːbə’ (German) dress rehearsal → the last rehearsal before the actual performance

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~H~

◎ 花道 はなみち (hanamichi): ‘flower road’ → an extra stage section that runs from the back of the theater, through the audience, to the main stage

◎ 初舞台 はつぶたい (hatsubutai): debut → first stage appearance of an actor/actress

◎ 日替わり ひがわり (higawari): daily special → term used for daily changing ad-lib → term used for daily changing guests who appear during the run of a show

◎ 昼公演 ひるこうえん (hiru kouen): noon/daytime performance

◎ 本番 ほんばん (honban): performance

◎ 本読 ほんよみ (honyomi): reading rehearsal → usually the first day the whole cast & staff gets together and reads the script

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~I~

◎ 入り出 いりで (iride): enter-exit [*] → combination of the terms irimachi and demachi

◎ 入り待ち いりまち (irimachi): waiting for arrival [*] → waiting for an actor/actress to enter the theater before a performance

◎ 衣装 いしょう (ishou): (stage) costume [**]

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~J~

◎ 上階 じょうかい (joukai): upper floor

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~K~

◎ カーテンコール (kaatenkooru): curtain call → when actors/actresses return to the stage at the end of the stageplay/musical to be recognized by the audience for their performance

◎ 開演 かいえん (kaien): curtain-raising, start of a play

◎ 海外公演 かいがいこうえん (kaigai kouen): international performance

◎ 上手 かみて (kamite): upper part → right side of the stage (from the audience’s POV); left side of the stage (from the actor’s POV)

◎ 稽古 けいこ (keiko): practice → rehearsals for a stage play/musical

◎ 稽古場 けいこば (keikoba): training room →  the place where the rehearsals for a stageplay/musical takes place

◎ 稽古着 けいこぎ (keikogi): training clothes → the clothes worn during rehearsals for a stageplay/musical

◎ 記者会見 きしゃかいけん (kishakaiken): press conference

◎ 小道具 こどうぐ (kodougu): props

◎ 公演 こうえん (kouen): public performance

◎ 後輩 こうはい (kouhai): junior → an actor/actress is considered a kouhai if he/she joined the industry at a later point in time as another actor/actress (regardless the age)

◎ 後半 こうはん (kouhan): second half

◎ 客席 きゃくせき (kyakuseki): seat

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~M~

◎ 前楽 まえらく (maeraku): penultimate performance → the show before the last performance of a stage play/musical

◎ マチネ (machine): matinée (French) lit.: ‘morning’ → the modern word for hiru kouen (noon/daytime performance)

◎ ミザンス [ミザンセーヌ] (mizansu [mizanseenu]): mise-en-scène (French) placing on stage → the stage design and arrangement of actors in scenes for a theatre production

◎ ミュージカル (myuujikaru): musical

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~N~

◎ 奈落 ならく(naraku): naraka (Sanskrit) lit.: ‘hell’ → slot [trap room of a stage]; below-stage basement

◎ 日本物 にほんもの (nihonmono): Japanese ‘thing’ → a play with a historical Japanese setting

◎ 二階席 にかいせき (nikaiseki): seat on the 2nd floor

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~O~

◎ お芝居 おしばい (oshibai): play; drama

◎ お当番 おとうばん (otouban): ‘being on duty’ → those actors who take the center of the production

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~P~

◎ プレゼント (puresento): presents → usually, there are boxes for the actors/actresses at the venue were you can put in your letters and little presents [***]

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~R~

◎ リハーサル (rihaasaru): rehearsal

◎ 朗読劇 ろうどくげき (roudokugeki): reading play

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~S~

◎ 三階席 さんかいせき (sankaiseki): seat on the 3rd floor

◎ 先輩 せんぱい (senpai): senior → an actor/actress is considered a senpai if he/she joined the industry at an earlier point in time as another actor/actress (regardless the age)

◎ 千秋楽 せんしゅうらく (senshuuraku): final performance → the final performance of a stageplay/musical

◎ 下手 しもて (shimote): lower part → left side of the stage (from the audience’s POV); right side of the stage (from the actor’s POV)

◎ 初日 しょにち (shonichi): first/opening day → the first performance of a stageplay/musical

◎ 主題歌 しゅだいか (shudaika): theme song

◎ 集合日 しゅうごうび (shuugoubi): meeting day → the first day of rehearsals

◎ 袖 そで (sode): stage wing

◎ 卒業 そつぎょう (sotsugyou): graduation → when an actor/actress retires from his/her role or a production

◎ ソワレ (sowaru): soir (French) lit.: ‘evening’ → the modern word for yoru kouen (afternoon/evening performance)

◎ スタッフ (sutaffu): staff

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2.5jigen STAGE-DICTIONARY  ~T~

◎ 立ち回り たちまわり (tachimawari): fighting scene

◎ 立ち稽古 たちげいこ (tachigeiko): rehearsal

◎ 当日券 とうじつけん (toujitsuken): same-day ticket → a limited number of tickets sold at the venue on the same day as the performance

◎ 通し稽古 とおしげいこ (toshigeiko): dress rehearsal