声優

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Japanese[edit]

 声優 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
声 優
せい
Grade: 2 		ゆう
Grade: 6
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
聲優 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

声 (sei, “voice”) +‎ 優 (yū, “actor”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

声(せい)優(ゆう) • (seiyū) ←せいいう (seiiu)?

  1. voice actor; voice actress

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Chinese:
  • → English: seiyuu
  • → Esperanto: sejuo
  • → Korean: 성우(聲優) (seong'u)

References[edit]

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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