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脚本 — meaning in English

kyakuhon

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English meaning

  • book noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
  • scenario noun A possible sequence of events that might happen.
  • screenplay noun The written text of a film or TV show, including dialogue, scenes, and action descriptions.
  • script noun The written text of a play, film, speech, or broadcast.

Senses

脚本 is used for these senses in English:

  • book (theatre) The script of a musical or opera.
  • scenario (dated) An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
  • screenplay (authorship, cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.
  • script (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.

book — full definition

  1. noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
  2. noun A record of a business's financial transactions (usually plural: "the books").
  3. noun A person or organization that takes bets on the outcome of events; short for bookmaker.
  4. verb To arrange or reserve something in advance.
  5. verb To formally record a suspect's details after an arrest.

scenario — full definition

  1. noun A possible sequence of events that might happen.
  2. noun An outline of a plot for a play, film, or story.

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