演 performance

You'll ENJOY the performance -- it's a Rube Goldberg kind of affair . A stream of water falls on a crown, causing it to topple onto a TNT plunger and blow up the whole theater!!

perform ★★★☆☆
演 (performance) + 奏 (musical performance) = 演奏 (perform)

perform music or a play

a non-political speech ★★☆☆☆
講 (lecture) + 演 (performance) = 講演 (a non-political speech)

any public speech or talk given to a general audience. Authors doing a reading, dudes addressing a club, the graduation speaker at your graduation, are all doing 講演.

enka ★☆☆☆☆ CCW
演 (performance) + 歌 (sing) = 演歌 (enka)

a genre of really un-hip music Japanese grandparents and hicks listen to - it's been called "the country western music of Japan", but it's much more. When you listen to Enka, or sing it in a karaoke bar, you can cry and express emotion.