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    3. 代役

    代役

    代だい役やく

    substitute (actor)

    KMT8News #21+1NounMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab12 strokes

    だいやく

    Noun

    1.
    substitute (actor), stand-in, fill-in, understudy, double

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    主しゅ役やくの代だい役やくを務つとめることになった。

    I ended up serving as the understudy for the lead role.

    KMT6Music & Entertainment
    彼かれは急きゅう遽きょ、病びょう気きになった歌か手しゅの代だい役やくとして歌うたった。

    He suddenly sang as a substitute for the singer who fell ill.

    KMT7Music & Entertainment
    急きゅう病びょうのため、彼かれの代だい役やくが舞ぶ台たいに立たった。

    Due to sudden illness, his understudy took the stage.

    KMT8Music & Entertainment
    映えい画がの撮さつ影えいで、危き険けんなシーンはスタントマンが代だい役やくを務つとめる。

    In movie filming, stuntmen act as doubles for dangerous scenes.

    KMT8Music & Entertainment
    監かん督とくは、その難むずかしい役やくをこなせる代だい役やくを見みつけるのに苦く労ろうした。

    The director had difficulty finding a substitute actor who could handle that difficult role.

    KMT9Music & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
    役
    duty・war・campaign・drafted labor・office…(2)
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