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俳優 (はいゆう): actor, actress, performer — Japanese vocabulary

俳優 is read はいゆう and means "actor, actress, performer". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

俳優

Reading
はいゆう · haiyuu
Translation
actor, actress, performer
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
はいゆうが

Example

彼はウェイターであり俳優でもある。

かれはウェイターでありはいゆうでもある。

He is a waiter and an actor.

Kanji in this word

  • 俳 — actor, haiku
  • 優 — superior, gentle

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