How to say "epic" in Japanese

• エピックCommon
  nounThe borrowing of English 'epic', used as an adjective for something grand, impressive, or awesome in scale — an epic film, game, or story. For epic poetry as a genre, a different word is used.
• 叙事詩じょじしCommon
  nounThe noun for an epic poem or epic poetry as a genre: a long narrative work about heroic deeds. It refers to the poems themselves, not the adjective sense of epic.
  やがてジェラシーは叙事詩じょじしの１ページを飾かざり。↗

  Jealousy embellishes a page of the epic.
• スペクタクルCommon
  nounCovers epic meaning a spectacular, large-scale production: a big-budget film or extravaganza with grand scenes. The emphasis falls on scale and spectacle, not on the poem genre or the general 'awesome' sense.

Use 叙事詩 for epic as a noun — long heroic narrative poems or the genre; 「スペクタクル」 for epic meaning a big-budget spectacle; and 「エピック」 for the borrowed adjective describing something impressively grand.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• エピックepic
• 叙事詩じょじしepic (poem)
• 英雄譚えいゆうたんepic
• 叙事的じょじてきepic (e.g. poem)
• 明示的並列命令コンピューティング技術めいじてきへいれつめいれいコンピューティングぎじゅつExplicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
• 巨編きょへんextremely large-scale (literary) work
• スペクタクルspectacular (scene, film, etc.)