Illustration: Inside a modest Japanese apartment being used as a film set, a director stands beside a camera monitor and demonstrates an actor's entrance with one clear sweeping gesture.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

監かん督とく

kantoku

director, coach, manager

For films it means director; for sports it means coach or manager. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

監督かんとくは選手せんしゅを運動場うんどうじょうに集あつめた。
The manager assembled the players on the field.
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監督かんとくは私わたしに悪魔あくまの役やくをくれた。
The director cast me as the devil.
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その監督かんとくは批評ひひょうを気きにする。
The director is sensitive to criticism.
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Kanji in 監督

監oversee; officialOnカン
督coach; commandOnトク

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