Japanese symbol for “epic”
叙事詩
じょじし
Romaji: jojishi
epic (poem); epic poetry
In Japanese, epic is 叙事詩, read じょじし (jojishi).
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Meanings
- n epic (poem); epic poetry
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “epic”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大河 | たいが taiga | epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale |
| エピック | エピック epikku | epic |
| 巨編 | きょへん kyohen | extremely large-scale (literary) work; monster work; long film |
| 英雄譚 | えいゆうたん eiyuutan | epic; heroic tale |
| 叙事的 | じょじてき jojiteki | epic (e.g. poem); descriptive; narrative |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自叙伝 | じじょでん jijoden | autobiography |
| 叙情 | じょじょう jojou | lyricism; description of one's feelings |
| 叙述 | じょじゅつ jojutsu | description; account; delineation |
| 叙勲 | じょくん jokun | conferring of decorations |
| 叙任 | じょにん jonin | investiture |
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
| 記事 | きじ kiji | article; news story; report |
| 詩人 | しじん shijin | poet |
See also: Chinese symbol for “epic”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.