弁士

べんし

Also written 辯士

Meanings

1. Noun lecturer; rhetorician; orator
2. narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter See also: 活弁 (かつべん).

Kanji

• 弁 speech. Read as ベン.
• 士 man. Read as シ.

Words containing 弁士

• 女弁士 (おんなべんし) female narrator in a silent movie theatre

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