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    3. 名優

    名優

    名めい優ゆう

    great actor

    KMT8News #23+1NounMusic & EntertainmentArt & DesignKanji Vocab23 strokes

    めいゆう

    Noun

    1.
    great actor, famous actor, star

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    彼かれは日に本ほんの名めい優ゆうとして知しられている。

    He is known as a great actor in Japan.

    KMT6Music & EntertainmentArt & Design
    その舞ぶ台たいには、多おおくの名めい優ゆうが出しゅつ演えんしていた。

    Many famous actors appeared in that stage performance.

    KMT8Music & EntertainmentArt & Design
    往おう年ねんの名めい優ゆうたちの演えん技ぎは、今いま見みても色いろ褪あせない魅み力りょくがある。

    The performances of the great actors of yesteryear still have an unfading charm even today.

    KMT8Music & EntertainmentHistory
    彼かれは若わかくして名めい優ゆうの風ふう格かくを漂ただよわせていた。

    Even at a young age, he exuded the aura of a great actor.

    KMT9Music & EntertainmentArt & DesignEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは映えい画が界かいだけでなく、演えん劇げき界かいでも名めい優ゆうとして尊そん敬けいされている。

    He is respected as a great actor not only in the film industry but also in the theater world.

    KMT9Art & DesignMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    名
    な・-な…(3)
    name・noted・distinguished・reputation
    優
    やさ.しい・すぐ.れる・まさ.る…(4)
    tenderness・excel・surpass・actor・superiority…(1)
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