Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 女優(じょゆう) in Japanese

女優
JLPT 3
Kana Reading
じょゆう
Romaji
joyū
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    actress
    Example sentence
    一般投票による「ピープルズ・チョイス」が今年発表され、メル・ギブソンとジュリア・ロバーツが最人気ある映画男優女優選ばれた The "People's Choice" award, by public polling, was announced again this year and Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts were selected as the most popular male, and female, film actors.

Examples of 女優, じょゆう in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

17 strokes

tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

On'Yomi: ユウ, ウ

Kun'Yomi: やさ.しい, すぐ.れる, まさ.る

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JLPT 5

3 strokes

woman, female

On'Yomi: ジョ, ニョ, ニョウ

Kun'Yomi: おんな, め

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