soliloquy in Japanese
soliloquy in Japanese is 独り言, 独白, 独話 — soliloquy means a speech in a play in which a character, alone on stage, speaks their thoughts aloud so the audience can hear them.
soliloquy in Japanese
独り言
Pronounced: hitorigoto
(drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
独白
Pronounced: dokuhaku
(drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
独話
Pronounced: dokuwa
(drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
独白
Pronounced: dokuhaku
(authorship) A speech or written discourse in this form.
What does "soliloquy" mean?
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noun A speech in a play in which a character, alone on stage, speaks their thoughts aloud so the audience can hear them.
"Hamlet's 'To be, or not to be' is the most quoted soliloquy in English."
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noun Any long speech someone makes to themselves rather than to a listener.
"He launched into a soliloquy about the state of the roads while I washed up."
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- Hamlet's 'To be, or not to be' is the most quoted soliloquy in English.
- The soliloquy lets us hear what the character would never admit to anyone else.
- He launched into a soliloquy about the state of the roads while I washed up.
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What is "soliloquy" in Japanese?
"soliloquy" in Japanese is 独り言, 独白, 独話. soliloquy means: A speech in a play in which a character, alone on stage, speaks their thoughts aloud so the audience can hear them.
How do you pronounce 独り言?
"soliloquy" in Japanese is 独り言, pronounced "hitorigoto".
How do you use "soliloquy" in a sentence?
Example: "Hamlet's 'To be, or not to be' is the most quoted soliloquy in English." In Japanese, "soliloquy" is 独り言, 独白, 独話.
Are there other ways to say "soliloquy" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 3 translations listed for "soliloquy": 独り言, 独白, 独話.
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