脚色

きゃくしょく

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen)
2. embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization; embroidery

Kanji

• 脚 leg. Read as キャク.
• 色 color. Read as ショク.

Example sentences

• この小説は映画用に脚色された。
  The novel was adapted for a film.
• この劇は小説から脚色したものです。
  This play was adapted from the novel.

Words containing 脚色

• 脚色者 (きゃくしょくしゃ) movie adapter

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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