Nounactor print; yakusha-e; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors

Nounstage career; acting career

Nouncharacteristic temperament (spirit) of an actor

Nounskilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world · child kabuki actor

Nounacting career; career as an actress

Noungood actor who is inept in all other matters · dedicated actor

Noun(the likes of) a mere actor

Nounthe happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor

Nounlack of actors · being unfit for one's (acting) role; lacking the ability required for the part one has been given