三さん枚まい目め

noun

comedian; comic actor

Originally from the Kabuki system where the third-ranking actor (三枚目) played comic roles. Now used broadly for any actor or entertainer specializing in comedy.

• 彼かれはお笑わらい番ばん組ぐみで人にん気きの三さん枚まい目めだ。

  He is a popular comedian on comedy shows.

• あの俳はい優ゆうはシリアスな役やくより三さん枚まい目めの方ほうが合あっている。

  That actor is better suited to comic roles than serious ones.

noun

figure of fun; laughing stock

Used for a person who is often the butt of jokes or not taken seriously, often in a social or workplace context.

• 会かい議ぎでまた失しっ敗ぱいして、すっかり三さん枚まい目め扱あつかいだ。

  I messed up again in the meeting and now I'm treated like a total laughing stock.