Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 男優(だんゆう) in Japanese

男優
Kana Reading
だんゆう
Romaji
dan'yū
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    actor
    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 男優, だんゆう 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

7 strokes

male

On'Yomi: ダン, ナン

Kun'Yomi: おとこ, お

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