jidaigeki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki).

Noun

jidaigeki (usually uncountable, plural jidaigekis)

  1. (uncountable) A genre of film and television in Japan based on the Edo period of Japanese history (from 1600 to 1868 CE), showing the lives of samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of this time.
  2. (countable, rare) A film or programme of this kind.

Japanese

Romanization

jidaigeki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じだいげき
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