演芸

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 演芸(えんげい) is popular performance presenting skills or acts before an audience.
• Basic usage: It is used for comic storytelling or magic on a festival stage and entertainment enjoyed at a theater.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The homophone 園芸
  • 園芸(えんげい) means gardening or horticulture. Skills presented onstage are written 演芸, distinguishing the two words with the same sound.