Illustration: On a contemporary film set recreating an ordinary apartment, the lead actor performs the decisive reunion scene at the center of the action. A cinema camera and boom microphone concentrate on her as supporting actors turn toward her arrival.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

主しゅ演えん

shuen

to star in a film or play

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは昨日きのうチャーリーチャップリン主演しゅえんの古ふるい映画えいがを見みた。

    I saw an old film featuring Charlie Chaplin yesterday.

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  2. 主演しゅえんは誰だれですか。

    Who plays the lead?

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  3. 監督かんとくはロブ・マーシャル、主演しゅえんはチャン・ツィイー。

    The film was directed by Rob MARSHALL, starring Ziyi ZHANG in a leading role.

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

Kanji in 主演

  • 主lord; chiefOnシュ・ス・シュウKunぬし・おも・あるじ
  • 演performance; actOnエン

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