role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to be helpful; to be useful
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
government office; public office
villain; baddie; the villain's part
villainess; antagonist young lady
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
municipal office; council; city hall
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
role; part; job; assignment
supporting role (actor); minor role
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
company director; board member
to take on a role; to take part
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
child actor; child actress; child's role (in a film, play, etc.); child's part
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
person standing watch; guard duty
role; duty; position; part
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
ward office; council (regional)
assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job
being suited to a role; being the right person for the job; suitable role; suitable position; fitting part
catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen; tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
role of the villain; the bad guy
study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)
board or officer's meeting
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role); not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions
role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
scoring combination in one's dealt hand (i.e. at the start of a game); meld in a starting hand
village office; local administration office in a village
underling; subordinate official
dual role (in a film, play, etc.); double role
bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor
yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
bureaucratic routine; red tape
moderator; host; chairman
coordinator; coordinating role
government housing for officials
job title; name of one's position
lack of actors; being unfit for one's (acting) role; lacking the ability required for the part one has been given
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
go-between; intermediary; mediator
dual role (in a film, play, etc.); double role
to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)
lacking a role; lacking a post; lacking a position; duty-free; tax-free
president and chief executive officer
handling cargo; loading and unloading; cargo work
operating officer; company executive
leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
role; duty; responsibility
female role (e.g. in film); female part; occupation deemed fit for a woman; passive role in a male homosexual relationship
assistant; right-hand man; subordinate; catcher
holding a position of responsibility; person holding a responsible position; managerial position
clerk; secretary; scribe; copyist
(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task
to be appointed to a post; to assume office
small part (e.g. in a film); bit part; extra
star (actor); prima donna; leading figure
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
actor print; yakusha-e; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors
(senior) managing director
leading actor; protagonist
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
travelling for work; taking part in group work; (arch.) practice of government officials taking on a temporary secondary role (Edo period)
female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
petty official; minor official
auditor (Edo period); examiner; inquisitor; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)
initiator; instigator; flagman; leader
priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties
attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid
comic actor; comedian; comic performer
by virtue of one's office; in the nature of one's duties
managing director; president of a company (US)
itinerant entertainer or troupe
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
excellent supporting role; outstanding supporting actor
stage favorite; stage favourite; star
(putting on the) airs of an official
outside director; independent director
firefighter (Edo period); problem-solver; troubleshooter; fireman; relief pitcher
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
yakuman from having at least 13 han
officer's compensation or remuneration
assistant (to section manager)
leading force; driving force; leader
two people sharing one role
to assign a role to an actor
(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer
(role of) heel (in wrestling, films, etc.); bad guy
value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles; winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor
bureaucratism; bureaucratic nature
the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor
card that can be used to make a scoring combination
good actor who is inept in all other matters; dedicated actor
(the likes of) a mere actor
chairman of board of directors
seats for the officials; officers' seats; executive's seats
stage career; acting career
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater
substitute actor; stand-in; double
thankless role; ungracious part
to place someone in a position
scoring combination made with captured cards; meld
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
acting career; career as an actress
former post; former occupant of the post
third-rate company director; executive in name only
to relieve someone of the leading role
magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)
scoring combination made with captured cards; meld
(theatrical) role of old person
skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world; (arch.) child kabuki actor
Kantō patrol inspector; Kantō regional inspector; law-enforcement post established by the Edo shogunate, tasked with policing the Kantō region
chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe
representative executive vice-president
referee officiating bouts of san'yaku ranked wrestlers
menstruation; menses; period
directors' bonus; bonus allowances to company executives; officers' bonuses
the four top party executives (of the LDP)
to be deprived of one's role; to have one's livelihood taken away
change of company director; reassignment of executives
characteristic temperament (spirit) of an actor
forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryō system)
division of labor by gender role
moving gadget on a pachinko machine designed to add excitement to play
(member of one of) the top four ranks of sumo wrestlers
(stock) company that has a board of directors
former san'yaku-ranked wrestler returning to that rank
winning hand with the score doubled twice
completely worthless; utterly useless
non-executive director; nonmanagerial director
final three bouts on the last day of a tournament
wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank
board of company auditors
points awarded for scoring combinations
contragradient method; conjugate gradient method; CG method
nonlinear conjugate gradient method
scoring combination in a dealt hand that becomes worth more at the end of the game if the player's total score is above 88
cheating by hiding a card one has been dealt (so that one can claim one wasn't dealt the correct number of cards)
complex conjugate transpose (of a matrix)
three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary
ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament
labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryō system)
being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist government
carrying on a second line of work
character in erotica with a mainly penetrative role
Shiyakushomae Station (Fukui)