English
jidaigeki
Jidaigeki comes from Japanese 時代劇 ‘period drama’.
- Japanesemodern時代劇jidaigeki‘period drama’
- Englishtodayjidaigeki
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern時代劇jidaigeki‘period drama’
- Englishtodayjidaigeki
Every English word from Japanese 時代劇
Today it means
noun A Japanese genre of film and television set in pre-Meiji Restoration Japan
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 時代劇 / jidaigeki