seiyuu
A voice actor in a native-language version anime, a video game, a radio broadcast or…A voice actor in a native-language version anime, a video game, a radio broadcast or an advertisement in Japan.
/ˈseɪjuː/
Meaning
1 sensesA voice actor in a native-language version anime, a video game, a radio broadcast or an advertisement in Japan.
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 声優 (seiyū), from Middle Chinese 聲 (*ɕiɛ̝ŋ, “sound, voice”) + 優 (*ʔɨBorrowed from Japanese 声優 (seiyū), from Middle Chinese 聲 (*ɕiɛ̝ŋ, “sound, voice”) + 優 (*ʔɨu, “actor”).
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Forms
plural: seiyuu / seiyuusLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.