Japanese symbol for “orchestration”
演出
えんしゅつ
Romaji: enshutsu
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production
In Japanese, orchestration is 演出, read えんしゅつ (enshutsu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt direction (of a play, film, etc.); production
- n, vs, vt organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect); orchestration
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “orchestration”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| オーケストレーション | オーケストレーション ookesutoreeshon | orchestration |
| 管弦楽法 | かんげんがくほう kangengakuhou | orchestration |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出演 | しゅつえん shutsuen | appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance |
| 公演 | こうえん kouen | public performance |
| 演奏 | えんそう ensou | musical performance |
| 演技 | えんぎ engi | acting; performance |
| 講演 | こうえん kouen | lecture; address; speech |
| 出す | だす dasu | to take out; to get out |
| 出る | でる deru | to leave; to exit; to go out |
| 出来る | できる dekiru | to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do) |
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.