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Last Updated ：2025/11/19

entertainment

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɛn.tə(r)ˈteɪn.mənt/

Noun

obsolete countable uncountable

An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.

Japanese Meaning

娯楽（観客に喜びや楽しみ、気晴らし、安らぎを提供する活動）

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その夏祭りは、ライブ音楽から参加型ワークショップまで、あらゆる年齢層の来場者に訴えかけるさまざまな娯楽を提供しました。

Sense（1）

An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.

The delinquents are generally the adventurous type, who have little use for reading and other non-active entertainment.

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Sense（2）

A show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others.

Sense（3）

(obsolete) Maintenance or support.

"This," said the matronly presence, ushering me into a low room on the right, "is where the Travellers sit by the fire, and cook what bits of suppers they buy with their fourpences."

"O! Then they have no Entertainment?" said I. For the inscription over the outer door was still running in my head, and I was mentally repeating, in a kind of tune, "Lodging, entertainment, and fourpence each."

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Sense（4）

(obsolete) Admission into service; service.

He must think us some band of strangers i' the adversary's entertainment.

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Sense（5）

(obsolete) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.

The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence.

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Sense（6）

(obsolete) Reception; (provision of) food to guests or travellers.

I prithee, shepherd, if that love or gold

Can in this desert place buy entertainment,

Bring us where we may rest ourselves and feed.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

entertainments

（ plural ）

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The summer festival offered a variety of entertainment, from live music to interactive workshops, that appealed to visitors of all ages.

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