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：2025/12/07
女形
Hiragana
おんながた / おやま
Noun
Kansai
archaic
possibly
slang
Japanese Meaning
歌舞伎や人形浄瑠璃などで、女性の役を専門に演じる男性俳優。また、その役柄のこと。転じて、女性的な役回り・立場を引き受ける人を指すこともある。
Easy Japanese Meaning
かぶきで おんなの 役をする おとこの はしらいと または にんぎょうの おんなの 役
Sense（1）
male actor who plays female roles in kabuki theater: onnagata
Sense（2）
in puppetry, a female puppet
Sense（3）
(slang, possibly archaic, chiefly Kansai) a high-end prostitute
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male actor who plays female roles in kabuki theater: onnagata / in puppetry, a female puppet / (slang, possibly archaic, chiefly Kansai) a high-end prostitute
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女形
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He specializes in the female roles in Noh theater.
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彼は能楽の女形を専門にしています。
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