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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

男だん優ゆう

dan'yuu

male actor

Example sentences

  1. トムは、世界せかいでいちばんハンサムな男優だんゆうだ。

    Tom is the most handsome actor in the world.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その政治家せいじかは最初さいしょに男優だんゆうとして名なをあげた。

    The politician first made a name for himself as an actor.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そのため、歌舞伎かぶきにおいては男性役だんせいやくも女性役じょせいやくも、すべて男優だんゆうが演えんじる。

    And so, in Kabuki, both the male’s role & the female role are acted only by men.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 男優

  • 男man; maleOnダン・ナンKunおとこ・お
  • 優excel; gentleOnユウ・ウKunやさしい・すぐれる・まさる

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