Keyword
lawn
Info
FrequencyTop 1600-1700
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1301
Readings
しば
(99%)
Composed of
blades of grass
archaic の (manly)
Used in vocabulary (84 in total)
play; drama
lawn; grass; turf
lawn; sod; turf
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
cheap and low-quality play; performance not worth paying to see; transparent act; see-through scheming
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
playhouse; theatre; theater
to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone; to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play
large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)
artificial grass (lawn)
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
lawn; sod; turf
lawn mowing
theatergoer; someone who likes plays
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
grass plot
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
striving for effect; heroics; dramatics; showmanship; staginess; (exaggerated) theatricality
tearoom attached to a theater (esp. in kabuki)
amateur theatricals; amateur dramatic performance
provincial theatrical performance
moss phlox (Phlox subulata); moss pink
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
bracket fungus (Ganoderma lucidum); reishi mushroom
withered lawn; dry turf
play put on in a village; play put on by villagers
play performed exclusively by women
shiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
withered lawn; dry turf
actor; actress; someone who works at a theater
roadside grass; roadside weeds; guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
shiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
shibai-e; kabuki-e; kabuki ukiyo-e print
Korean lawn grass
low-class kabuki theater; low-class play
lawn mowing
burning grass in spring (to kill insects)
grain (of the grass)
reishi mushroom and thoroughwort; fragrant plants; talented; virtuous
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
community performance (amateur theatricals, etc.)
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
kamishibai-style animation; animation consisting largely of still images with little movement; anime with very limited animation or movement; anime with poor animation resembling a slideshow.
shiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
lawn grass for cold areas
Chinese sesame paste
shiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
burning grass in spring (to kill insects)
Indian goosegrass (Eleusine indica)
fairy play; pantomime
comedy; burlesque
scout hidden in the fields (during the Sengoku period)
bentgrass; bent
Toshiba Chemical Corporation
Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
Psilocybe subcaerulipes (species of psychoactive mushroom)
scotch bonnet (Marasmius oreades); fairy ring mushroom; fairy ring champignon
Examples (72 in total)
But this play surely won't resonate with the audience.
The play ends.
The play was, of course, cancelled.