jidaigeki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki).

Noun

jidaigeki (usually uncountable, plural jidaigekis)

  1. (uncountable) A Japanese genre of film and television set in pre-Meiji Restoration Japan
  2. (countable) A film or programme of this kind.
    Hypernym: period drama

Japanese

Romanization

jidaigeki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じだいげき