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エキストラ Japanese meaning | Kotomora

エキストラ

also: エクストラ

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

film extra; background actor

Refers to a person hired to appear in a film, TV show, or stage production in a non-speaking background role.

彼かれは映えい画がのエキストラとして雇やとわれた。
He was hired as an extra for the movie.

2

noun-modifying (irregular)

extra; additional; special

Prenominal use meaning something is extra, surplus, additional, or special; often used in product names or descriptions.

エクストラバージンのオリーブオイルを買かった。
I bought extra virgin olive oil.

Usage patterns

エキストラとして出しゅつ演えんするto appear (in a film or show) as an extra
彼かの女じょは学がく生せい時じ代だいに映えい画がにエキストラとして出しゅつ演えんしたことがある。
She once appeared in a movie as an extra when she was a student.
エクストラ〈物もの〉extra-grade or extra-large version of a product
このオリーブオイルはエクストラバージンだから香かおりがいい。
This olive oil has a great aroma because it's extra virgin.
エキストラを募ぼ集しゅうするto recruit/hire film extras
制せい作さく会社がいしゃは撮さつ影えいのためにエキストラを100人にん募ぼ集しゅうした。
The production company recruited 100 extras for the shoot.

Related words

端は役やく sense 1
端役 is a minor role with a few lines, while エキストラ is a background extra with no lines at all.
追つい加かN3sense 2
追加 is a noun meaning 'addition, supplement', while エクストラ as a prenominal describes something as extra or special-grade, common in product names.
脇わき役やくN1sense 1
脇役 is a named supporting actor with an actual part, whereas エキストラ is an unnamed background extra.
特とく別べつN4sense 2
特別 broadly means 'special', while エクストラ specifically implies something beyond the standard grade or quantity, as in エクストラバージンオイル.
仕し出だし
エキストラ is the common loanword for a film or TV extra, while 仕出し is the older, more theater-specific term for the same role.

Opposites

主しゅ演えんN1sense 1
主演 is the lead actor at the center of a production, the opposite of an エキストラ who fills the background.

Counted with

人にん
counter for people

Word family

エクストラネット
extranet

Written forms

エキストラUsage69%
Most common spelling for the 'film extra' sense; also used for the adjectival sense.
エクストラUsage31%
Alternate spelling, more common for the adjectival 'extra/special' sense, but also used for 'film extra'.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'extra'. The two spellings reflect different transliterations: エキストラ from 'extra' with a closer vowel approximation, and エクストラ from a more direct phonetic rendering.