主演(しゅえん):starring; playing the leading part

主:chief; lord; main thing; master; principal

on-reading シュ、シュウ、ス. kun-reading あるじ、おも、ぬし.

主(あるじ):1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant) (abbreviation)

主(おも):1. chief; main; principal; important 2. main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen) (abbreviation)

主(ぬし):1. head (of a household); leader; master 2. owner; proprietor; proprietress 3. subject (of a rumor, etc); doer (of a deed) 4. guardian spirit 5. husband (pronoun) 6. you (familiar language)


演:already covered here.

02/05/12 at 4:16pm