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主演 (しゅえん): starring, playing the leading part — Japanese vocabulary

主演 is read しゅえん and means "starring, playing the leading part". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

主演

Reading
しゅえん · shuen
Translation
starring, playing the leading part
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しゅえんが

Example

私は昨日チャーリーチャップリン主演の古い映画を見た。

わたしはきのうチャーリーチャップリンしゅえんのふるいえいがをみた。

I saw an old film featuring Charlie Chaplin yesterday.

Kanji in this word

  • 主 — Lord, Chief, Master
  • 演 — perform, 演奏

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