稼業

かぎょう

trade, business, commerce, occupation

役者

やくしゃ

actor, actress

業者

ぎょうしゃ

trader, merchant, vendor

立役者

leading actor; star

旅役者

たびやくしゃ

itinerant entertainer or troupe

能役者

のうやくしゃ

noh actor

役者絵

やくしゃえ

actor print, ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors

泥水稼業

どろみずかぎょう

making a living in the red-light district

泥棒稼業

どろぼうかぎょう

professional thievery

人気稼業

にんきかぎょう

popular occupation, occupation largely dependent on public favor

行商稼業

ぎょうしょうかぎょう

the peddling trade

浮き草稼業

うきくさかぎょう うきぐさかぎょう

precarious trade, unstable occupation, itinerant trade

名題役者

なだいやくしゃ

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

緞帳役者

どんちょうやくしゃ

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

役者子供

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

大根役者

だいこんやくしゃ

ham actor

花形役者

はながたやくしゃ

leading actor, star actress, top-billed performer

役者馬鹿

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

道化役者

どうけやくしゃ

clown