Pafuoomansu
Also read: パーフォーマンス
パフォーマンス (Pafuoomansu) is a Japanese noun meaning “performance (e.g. music, dance, drama), something done (just) for show, theatre, theater”.
Meanings
- nounperformance (e.g. music, dance, drama)
- nounsomething done (just) for show; theatre; theater; showy action; (empty) gesture; playing to the gallery
- nounperformance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
Examples
そのパフォーマンスは冴えないものでしたよ。
The performance was low-keyed.
あれ？何だろ？パフォーマンスでもやってるのか？
Hello, what's that? Somebody doing street theatre or something?
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).