performance

(crown) + (waterleft) + (TNT plunger) + (animal legs)
★★★☆☆
14 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

EN

Mnemonic

You'll ENJOY the performance -- it's a Rube Goldberg kind of affair . A stream of water falls on a crown, causing it to topple onto a TNT plunger and blow up the whole theater!!

Jukugo

演奏(えんそう) する

perform ★★★☆☆
(performance) + (musical performance) = 演奏 (perform)

perform music or a play

講演(こうえん)

a non-political speech ★★☆☆☆
(lecture) + (performance) = 講演 (a non-political speech)

any public speech or talk given to a general audience. Authors doing a reading, dudes addressing a club, the graduation speaker at your graduation, are all doing 講演.

演歌(えんか)

enka ★☆☆☆☆ CCW
(performance) + (sing) = 演歌 (enka)

a genre of really un-hip music Japanese grandparents and hicks listen to - it's been called "the country western music of Japan", but it's much more. When you listen to Enka, or sing it in a karaoke bar, you can cry and express emotion.

Synonyms

speech
講演    講義    セミナー 演説   
theater, play
芝居    劇    ショー 演劇