役者

やくしゃ

actor, actress

花形

はながた かけい

floral pattern, flourish, ornament

使役形

しえきけい

causative form

旅役者

たびやくしゃ

itinerant entertainer or troupe

役者絵

やくしゃえ

actor print, ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors

立役者

leading actor; star

能役者

のうやくしゃ

noh actor

花形株

はながたかぶ

popular stock

唇形花

しんけいか

labiate flower

三文役者

さんもんやくしゃ

third-rate actor

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

千両役者

せんりょうやくしゃ

star (actor), prima donna, leading figure

立て役者

たてやくしゃ

leading actor, person who acts as driving force behind something, key figure, leading spirit, central figure

名題役者

なだいやくしゃ

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

大根役者

だいこんやくしゃ

ham actor

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

役者稼業

やくしゃかぎょう

stage career, acting career

道化役者

どうけやくしゃ

clown

役者気質

やくしゃかたぎ

characteristic temperament (spirit) of an actor