新劇 しんげき Meanings Noun shingeki; new drama (movement) (i.e.: form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater) See also: 旧劇 (きゅうげき). Kanji 新 new. Read as シン. 劇 drama. Read as ゲキ. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists