hyphenate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈhʌɪf(ə)neɪt/

Noun

A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".

Japanese Meaning

複数の職務、能力、または特徴を併せ持つ人や物。例として、脚本家兼監督、俳優兼モデル、歌手兼作曲家などが挙げられる。

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The festival's opening night featured a hyphenate whose credits ranged from acting to costume design.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

そのフェスティバルの初日の夜には、演技から衣装デザインまで幅広い仕事を手掛けるマルチタレントが登場しました。

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Sense（1）

A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".

Sense（2）

A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".

We seem to have settled on African-American, and at first glance it certainly does seem logical. […] Not to mention what happens when hyphenates marry other hyphenates and have baby hyphenates.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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hyphenates

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