How to say "scenario" in Japanese

• 台本だいほんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'scenario' in the sense of a written script — the text of a play or performance that performers read and act from. The word points to the document itself.
  台本だいほんに目めを通とおしておいてください。↗

  Please go over the script.
• 脚本きゃくほんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'scenario' as a script or screenplay for a film, broadcast, or stage work. It treats the script as a written work, so it is the word to reach for when you mean the screenplay itself.
  脚本きゃくほんを書かいていて、行き詰いきづまった時ときはどうする？↗

  What do you do when you get writer's block while writing a script?
• 場面ばめんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounHere 'scenario' means a situation or setting in which something happens, not a written script. Use it when you picture the scene or circumstances themselves, such as when discussing how an imagined situation would unfold.
  その場面ばめんは彼かれの記憶きおくの底そこに留とまっていた。↗

  The scene was embedded in his memory.
• シーンCommon
  nounThe loanword for 'scene'; its 'scenario' sense is really a single scene or setting, not a full scenario. For a plot outline or an imagined course of events it is seldom the word you want.
• シナリオJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe direct loanword for 'scenario'. It covers both a film or play script and an imagined or planned course of events, matching the English word's full range.

For a written script use 台本 or 脚本; for a situation or setting use 場面 or 「シーン」; 「シナリオ」 is the direct loanword covering both a film script and an imagined course of events.

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

• 台本だいほんscript
• 脚本きゃくほんscript
• 場面ばめんscene
• シーンscenario
• シナリオscenario