演技者

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
演	技	者
えん Grade: 5	ぎ Grade: 5	しゃ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Compound of 演技 (engi, “performance, acting”) +‎ 者 (sha, “person”).^[1]

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) えんぎしゃ [èńgíꜜshà] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋʲɡʲiɕa̠]

Noun

演技者 (hiragana えんぎしゃ, rōmaji engisha)

a performer, an actor

Synonyms

(actor): 俳優 (はいゆう) (haiyū)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
演	技	者
えん Grade: 5	ぎ Grade: 5	もの Grade: 3
Irregular

Compound of 演技 (engi, “performance, acting”) +‎ 者 (mono, “person”), using the kun'yomi of mono for the 者 character.

This reading may be considered irregular.

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋʲɡʲimo̞no̞]

Noun

演技者 (hiragana えんぎもの, rōmaji engimono)

a performer, an actor

Synonyms

(actor): 俳優 (はいゆう) (haiyū)

References

↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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