Illustration: On the small stage of a neighborhood theater, an actor playing an elderly shopkeeper bends over a prop counter and reacts with exaggerated dismay to an enormous imitation fish. A second performer presents the fish with solemn pride, while audience members laugh from rows of seats below.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

役やく者しゃ

yakusha

actor

Example sentences

その役者やくしゃの事ことは聞きいたことが無ない。
I’ve never heard of the actor.
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あなたの大好だいすきな役者やくしゃはだれですか。
Who is your favorite actor?
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あの喜劇きげき役者やくしゃは大変たいへんこっけいだ。
That comedian is very funny.
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Kanji in 役者

役duty; warOnヤク・エキ
者someone; personOnシャKunもの

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