also: ダンサ
noun
Refers to a person who dances, especially in a professional or performance context. A straightforward loanword from English.
彼女はプロのダンサーです。
She is a professional dancer.
あのダンサーの動きはとても優雅だ。
That dancer's movements are very graceful.
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'dancer'.
Variant spelling without the long vowel mark; less common but attested.
A native Japanese word for 'dancer', often used in traditional or folk dance contexts, while ダンサー is more common for modern or Western-style dance.
Borrowed from English 'dancer'.