straight man in Japanese
straight man in Japanese is ツッコミ.
straight man in Japanese
ツッコミ
Pronounced: tsukkomi
(idiomatic) A member (of any gender) of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in dialog with another comedian playing a more eccentric or otherwise more interesting character; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy.
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"straight man" in Japanese is ツッコミ.
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"straight man" in Japanese is ツッコミ, pronounced "tsukkomi".
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