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妖怪をやったり…鬼をやったり

English translation: picking monsters and ogres as main themes

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Japanese term or phrase:妖怪をやったり…鬼をやったり
English translation:picking monsters and ogres as main themes
Entered by: Yumico Tanaka (X)

10:32 Nov 21, 2008
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Japanese term or phrase: 妖怪をやったり…鬼をやったり
I'm pretty stumped by an expression I encountered in the transcription of a speech given at an educational seminar. Here's the sentence in full:

毎年このワークショップでは，妖怪をやったりとか鬼をやったりとかということで５年目になります。
tenorikuma
Local time: 05:32
picking monsters and ogres as main themes
Explanation:
I understand that the workshop is for educators to make up lesson plans or conduct cultural discussion about cultural/imaginary features in the folktales.
As in reference, it could mean performing or it could mean just "picking a theme" and I took the latter case.
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Yumico Tanaka (X)
Australia
Local time: 06:32
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3 +5picking monsters and ogres as main themes
Yumico Tanaka (X)
Summary of reference entries provided
やる＝演じる？
cinefil

  

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picking monsters and ogres as main themes


Explanation:
I understand that the workshop is for educators to make up lesson plans or conduct cultural discussion about cultural/imaginary features in the folktales.
As in reference, it could mean performing or it could mean just "picking a theme" and I took the latter case.


Yumico Tanaka (X)
Australia
Local time: 06:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 11
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  bigcat
18 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  Aobadai
2 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  humbird: Cinefil さんのいうように演じたという意味もあるでしょうが、この際「そういう話題につ触れた」とも考えられます。するとこれはよい答えだと思います。
12 hrs
  -> Thank you　お久しぶりですね。
agree  sigmalanguage: Without further context, this is exactly how I would interpret the phrase too.
13 hrs
  -> Thank you　Web拝見しました。
agree  AniseK: なるほど！
4 days
  -> Terima kasih!
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1 hr
Reference: やる＝演じる？

Reference information:
妖怪や鬼を演じたという事では？
あるいはテーマが妖怪や鬼だった。

cinefil
Japan
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Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 75
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