======= Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:35:22 +1000 (EST) (subtype) new (headw1) 娘役 (kana1) むすめやく (pos) n (english1) Female part or role (crossref) 男役 (reference) Can't find a good reference for the definition of the word, sorry (comment) Over 2 million hits on Google (probably all Takarazuka-related!), and since 男役 is in there already... 男役 gets translated by Goo as "male impersonator", though. (name) Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson