One's Lines
Line, Remark
noun
A machine that can quickly generate a part of speech is handy for remembering one's lines on stage. If you forget your line, just activate the machine, and it will give you a helpful prompt: "Adjective! Adjective!"
台詞 usually means a line or speech in a play, movie, or drama — something a character says out loud. But it's also used in everyday talk when someone makes a remark that's clever, dramatic, or memorable, almost like quoting a line.
The reading for this is an exception. Here's a mnemonic to help you:
One can also use the machine to print out one's lines as text, but it only prints in serif (せりふ) font. Sorry, Comic Sans folks — you'll have to wait for next year's model.
こんな長い台詞、よく覚えられるわね。
How can you remember such a long speech?
なんかウソっぽい台詞だね。
The lines sound kind of phony, don't they?
あの男優の「お前の態度が気に入らないんだ！」っていう台詞は、オレが考えたんだぜ。
I was the one who came up with that actor's line, "I don't like your attitude!"