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
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
villain; baddie; the villain's part
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
government office; public office
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
municipal office; council; city hall
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
(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
mediator; manager; caretaker
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
supporting role (actor); minor role
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
company director; board member
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
to take on a role; to take part
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
dramatic role for child; child actor
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
ward office; council (regional)
person standing watch; guard duty
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
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
study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)
role of the villain; the bad guy
board or officer's meeting
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)
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
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
underling; subordinate official
village office; local administration office in a village
double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats
yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
government housing for officials
bureaucratic routine; red tape
moderator; host; chairman
three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions
scoring combination in one's dealt hand (i.e. at the start of a game); meld in a starting hand
coordinator; coordinating role
job title; name of one's position
lacking a role; lacking a post; lacking a position; duty-free; tax-free
to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
handling cargo; loading and unloading
operating officer; company executive
president and chief executive officer
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; (lit.) wifely role
holding a position of responsibility
clerk; secretary; scribe; copyist
leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
to be appointed to a post; to assume office
small part (e.g. in a film); bit part; extra
actor print; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors
star (actor); prima donna; leading figure
(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task
(senior) managing director
leading actor; protagonist
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
auditor (Edo period); examiner; inquisitor; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)
petty (minor) official (derogatory term)
priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties
attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid
female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)
by virtue of one's office; in the nature of one's duties
itinerant entertainer or troupe
initiator; instigator; flagman; leader
leading male role in kabuki
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
stage favorite; stage favourite; star
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
firefighter (Edo period); problem-solver; troubleshooter; relief pitcher; reliever
excellent supporting role; outstanding supporting actor
(putting on the) airs of an official
officer's compensation or remuneration
managing director; president of a company (US)
yakuman from having at least 13 han
leading force; driving force; leader
assistant (to section manager)
(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer
to assign a role to an actor
value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles; winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor
the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor
(role of) heel (in wrestling, films, etc.); bad guy
bureaucratism; bureaucratic nature
card that can be used to make a scoring combination
(the likes of) a mere actor
chairman of board of directors
assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job
good actor who is inept in all other matters; demon for acting who is utterly indifferent to all other concerns; skilled actor who knows little of life; person who excels in one occupation (profession) but lacks simple common sense
stage career; acting career
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
substitute actor; stand-in; double
to place someone in a position
former post; former occupant of the post
low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater
an office; an important office
scoring combination made with captured cards; meld
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
acting career; career as an actress
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
chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe
skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world; (arch.) child kabuki actor
referee officiating bouts of san'yaku ranked wrestlers
menstruation; menses; period
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
directors' bonus; bonus allowances to company executives; officers' bonuses
the four top party executives (of the LDP)
thankless role; ungracious part
characteristic temperament (spirit) of an actor
forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo 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
former san'yaku-ranked wrestler returning to that rank
winning hand with the score doubled twice
completely worthless; utterly useless
final three bouts on the last day of a tournament
wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank
points awarded for scoring combinations
contragradient method; conjugate gradient method; CG method
nonlinear conjugate gradient method
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 (ritsuryo system)
to be deprived of one's role; to have one's livelihood taken away
being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist government
carrying on a second line of work
Shiyakushomae Station (Fukui)