acting
演技
解説 Definition
acting は act（演じる）の動名詞・現在分詞です。名詞としては「演技」という意味で、映画・演劇・ドラマなどで役を演じることを表します。
Acting is the activity or skill of performing a character in a play, film, television program, or similar production through speech, movement, and expression.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 act「演じる」に -ing を付けた形で、名詞では映画や舞台で役を演じる行為・技術、つまり「演技」を表す。study acting、good acting、famous for its acting のような組み合わせで覚える。action が一般的な「行動」なのに対し、acting は役を表現することに焦点がある。
Acting comes from act plus -ing and, as a noun, names the skill or activity of performing a role. Picture an actor using voice, facial expression, and movement to make a character believable. Learn it through common combinations such as study acting, good acting, acting lessons, and a film famous for its acting. The connection with act is direct: an actor acts out a role. Keep it separate from action, which usually means something done, and from pretending, which can occur in everyday life without being part of a performance.
例文
Her acting was very good.
彼女の演技はとてもよかったです。
He studies acting after school.
彼は放課後に演技を学んでいます。
The movie is famous for its acting.
その映画は演技のよさで有名です。
acting の類義語・関連語
acting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 agere（行う・動かす）から派生した actus に -ing を付けた形。act（演じる）+ -ing で「演じること」の意。関連語: action（行動）、actor（俳優）。「行動する」が原義で、舞台上で役を「行う」ことから演技の意味が生まれた。
Acting is formed from act and the suffix -ing. Act came through Latin actus, “a doing” or “a deed,” from agere, “to do, drive, or perform.” Its broad sense of doing developed a theatrical application: carrying out or representing a role onstage. The noun acting therefore came to denote the practice, craft, or quality of performing characters in drama, film, and related media.
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