大だい根こん役やく者しゃ

noun

bad actor; ham actor

A colloquial, somewhat old-fashioned term for an actor with poor skills. The image comes from the idea that daikon radish, no matter how you cook it, never causes food poisoning—just as a bad actor never gets 'stage fright' or fails to perform, but still delivers a poor performance.

• 彼かれは大だい根こん役やく者しゃだと言いわれている。