芝居

しばい

play, drama

猿芝居

さるしばい

monkey show

紙芝居

かみしばい

picture story show

村芝居

むらしばい

play put on in a village, play put on by villagers

地芝居

じしばい

community performance (amateur theatricals, etc.)

一芝居

ひとしばい

trick, act

芝居気

しばいぎ しばいげ

theatrical

大芝居

large-scale play; play with an A-list cast

夏芝居

なつしばい

summer play

伽芝居

とぎしばい

fairy play, pantomime

小芝居

こしばい

small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre

緞帳芝居

どんちょうしばい

low-class kabuki theater, low-class play

素人芝居

しろうとしばい

amateur theatricals, amateur dramatic performance

田舎芝居

いなかしばい

provincial theatrical performance

芝居の筋

しばいのすじ

plot of a play

一人芝居

ひとりしばい いちにんしばい

one-person show, one-woman show, one-man show, performing solo, monodrama

操り芝居

あやつりしばい

puppet show

芝居茶屋

tearoom attached to a theater (esp. in kabuki)

芝居っ気

しばいっけ

striving for effect; heroics; dramatics; showmanship; staginess; (exaggerated) theatricality