タレント

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Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from talent, cf. Korean 탤런트 (taelleonteu).

Pronunciation

Noun

タレント • (tarento) 

  1. marked ability or skill, talent
  2. one with a talent
  3. a television star
    1. a TV actor, TV actress
    2. a television or public personality, especially one not principally known for acting or other lively arts
      • 2016 November 27, “Tarento wa nani o shigoto suru ka? ”, in Narrow‎:
        タレントは、公(こう)の場(じょう)やテレビ番(ばん)組(ぐみ)に出(で)てこそ意(い)味(み)があり、本(ほん)業(ぎょう)の仕(し)事(ご)と言(とい)えます。 芸(げい)人(にん)は、逆(ぎゃく)に舞(ぶ)台(たい)や劇(げき)場(じょう)が中(ちゅう)心(しん)の仕(し)事(ごと)となり多(おお)くの人(ひと)は、テレビより舞(ぶ)台(たい)や劇(げき)場(じょう)が仕(し)事(ごと)場(ば)になります。
        Tarento wa, kō no jō ya terebi bangumi ni dete koso imi ga ari, hongyō no shigoto to iemasu. Geinin wa, gyaku ni butai ya gekijō ga chūshin no shigoto to nari ōku no hito wa, terebi yori butai ya gekijō ga shigotoba ni narimasu.
        Talent means one who appears in public or on television, and this can be said to be the main occupation. Geinin in contrast mainly work on stage or in the theater, and for many people the theater rather than television is their workplace.

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