How to say "troupe" in Japanese

• 劇団げきだんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe theatrical sense: a company that stages plays, with its actors and staff. This is the word for a theater troupe, professional or amateur.
  その劇団げきだんは３幕まくものの劇げきを上演じょうえんした。↗

  The company presented a three-act play.
• 社中しゃちゅうCommon
  nounIts core sense is 'the people in a company': fellow members of a company or troupe rather than the troupe as a performing body. For plain 'troupe' this is seldom the word you want.
• 一団いちだんCommon
  nounA general word for a body of people moving or acting as one — a party, a gang. It does not specifically mean a performing group, so it is only a loose match for 'troupe'.
  群衆ぐんしゅうは密集みっしゅうした一団いちだんとなって動うごいていた。↗

  The crowd was moving in a solid body.
• 連中れんちゅうJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'troupe' when the group is a company of musicians rather than a theater company. More broadly it can mean any bunch of people, often with a 'that lot' nuance.

Use 劇団 for a theater company, 連中 for a company of musicians, and 一団 for a general body of people; 社中 points to the members inside a company or troupe rather than the troupe itself.

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

• 劇団げきだんtroupe
• 社中しゃちゅうin a company
• 一団いちだんbody
• 団だんgroup
• 軍ぐんteam
• 連中れんちゅうtroupe
• 一座いちざtroupe