やくしゃ – Vocabulary details

やくしゃ

Meanings

Noun

1. 登場人物の役を演じる人。

芝居、演劇、映画などで

2. 手腕のある人。

3. それらしく見せかけるのがうまい人。

Alt. forms

役やく者しゃ

99%

やくしゃ

Pitch accent

や

くしゃ

Composed of

やく

① 古代国家～近世までの政府(官)から課される労働。公役、夫役。② 全体の中で、割り当てられ受け持つ仕事。果す任務。役目・役割。 (当番から名誉職、一定の公職・職位にまで使われる。)③ 責任のある、重要な職務・地位。主だった立場の仕事。(広く社会的な全体の中での役と、組織の中の役の両方に使うので、語義2との区別は曖昧)④ 賭け事のゲーム(花札・トランプ・麻雀、など)で、決まった条件が揃って「勝てる・上がれる」状態。上がり役。⑤ の略。月経のこと。⑥ 戦役、特に内戦。徴兵の意味もある。反乱を起こす側からは、乱（応仁の乱など）。

しゃ

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

Used in vocabulary (19 in total)

のうやくしゃ

noh actor

たてやくしゃ

leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure

にんきやくしゃ

stage favorite; stage favourite; star

どんちょうやくしゃ

low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater

どうけやくしゃ

clown

やくしゃかぎょう

stage career; acting career

なだいやくしゃ

chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe

だいこんやくしゃ

ham actor

はながたやくしゃ

leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer

せんりょうやくしゃ

star (actor); prima donna; leading figure

やくしゃえ

actor print; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors

たびやくしゃ

itinerant entertainer or troupe

さんもんやくしゃ

third-rate actor

やくしゃみょうり

the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor

やくしゃふぜい

(the likes of) a mere actor

やくしゃばか

good actor who is inept in all other matters; demon for acting who is utterly indifferent to all other concerns; skilled actor who knows little of life; person who excels in one occupation (profession) but lacks simple common sense

やくしゃせいめい

acting career; career as an actress

やくしゃこども

skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world; (arch.) child kabuki actor

やくしゃかたぎ

characteristic temperament (spirit) of an actor