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
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
government office; public office
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
villain; baddie; the villain's part
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
municipal office; council; city hall
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
company director; board member
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
role; part; job; assignment
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
villainess; antagonist young lady
to be helpful; to be useful
supporting role (actor); minor role
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
to take on a role; to take part
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast
ward office; council (regional)
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
retiring from military service
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
military campaign; battle; war
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
role; duty; position; part
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
board or officer's meeting
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
life imprisonment; imprisonment for life; indefinite imprisonment
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
person standing watch; guard duty
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
operating officer; company executive
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
child actor; child actress; child's role (in a film, play, etc.); child's part
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
military service; conscription
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions
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
role of the villain; the bad guy
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
village office; local administration office in a village
outside director; independent director
study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)
coordinator; coordinating role
officer's compensation or remuneration
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen; tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)
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
jail sentence; imprisonment
working generation; people still working
physical labor (esp. forced); strenuous manual labor; toil
bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor
role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)
service in the first reserve
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
bureaucratic routine; red tape
dual role (in a film, play, etc.); double role
go-between; intermediary; mediator
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
job title; name of one's position
moderator; host; chairman
underling; subordinate official
being placed on duty; going into commission (of a warship, freighter, etc.); being placed in commission
yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
lack of actors; being unfit for one's (acting) role; lacking the ability required for the part one has been given
scoring combination in one's dealt hand (i.e. at the start of a game); meld in a starting hand
president and chief executive officer
dual role (in a film, play, etc.); double role
active player; player on the active list
to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)
handling cargo; loading and unloading; cargo work
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
government housing for officials
war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryō system); (arch.) forced labor
initiator; instigator; flagman; leader
lacking a role; lacking a post; lacking a position; duty-free; tax-free
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary
assistant; right-hand man; subordinate; catcher
(senior) managing director
excellent supporting role; outstanding supporting actor
wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank
(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task
female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)
female role (e.g. in film); female part; occupation deemed fit for a woman; passive role in a male homosexual relationship
holding a position of responsibility; person holding a responsible position; managerial position
role; duty; responsibility
student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to be appointed to a post; to assume office
small part (e.g. in a film); bit part; extra
role; part; job; assignment
star (actor); prima donna; leading figure
passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
assistant (to section manager)
leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
petty official; minor official
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
clerk; secretary; scribe; copyist
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
comic actor; comedian; comic performer
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid
to set (citizens) to work; to employ (by force); to use
priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties
by virtue of one's office; in the nature of one's duties
travelling for work; taking part in group work; (arch.) practice of government officials taking on a temporary secondary role (Edo period)
itinerant entertainer or troupe
stage favorite; stage favourite; star
actor print; yakusha-e; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors
board of company auditors
role; part; job; assignment
to take on a role; to take part
chairman of board of directors
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
auditor (Edo period); examiner; inquisitor; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)
firefighter (Edo period); problem-solver; troubleshooter; fireman; relief pitcher
(putting on the) airs of an official
managing director; president of a company (US)
supporting role (actor); minor role
yakuman from having at least 13 han
leading force; driving force; leader
compulsory military service
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
release from office; military service, or prison
distribution of assignments
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
to assign a role to an actor
first Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-93)
two people sharing one role
(member of one of) the top four ranks of sumo wrestlers
Military Service Law (1927-1945)
(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer
(role of) heel (in wrestling, films, etc.); bad guy
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
evading military service; draft dodging; draft evasion
assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job
physical labor; physical labour; physical work; forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryō system)
bureaucratism; bureaucratic nature
the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor
value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles; winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor
petty official; minor official
the four top party executives (of the LDP)
working animal; draught animal; draft animal
referee officiating bouts of san'yaku ranked wrestlers
holding a position of responsibility; person holding a responsible position; managerial position
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
representative executive vice-president
card that can be used to make a scoring combination
Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)
good actor who is inept in all other matters; dedicated actor
(the likes of) a mere actor
clerk; secretary; scribe; copyist
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
seats for the officials; officers' seats; executive's seats
being in prison; being incarcerated; being in the military
good actor who is inept in all other matters; dedicated actor
(theatrical) role of old person
stage career; acting career
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
directors' bonus; bonus allowances to company executives; officers' bonuses
prison labor; prison labour
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
to place someone in a position
thankless role; ungracious part
substitute actor; stand-in; double
firefighter (Edo period); problem-solver; troubleshooter; fireman; relief pitcher
prison labor camp; prison labour camp
low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
statute-labor service (ritsuryō period); socage
magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)
to relieve someone of the leading role
attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid
service in the second reserve; military reserve force comprised of ex-servicemen
scoring combination made with captured cards; meld
supporting role (actor); minor role
bureaucratic routine; red tape
former post; former occupant of the post
final three bouts on the last day of a tournament
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
acting career; career as an actress
company director; board member
third-rate company director; executive in name only
leading actor; protagonist
Kantō patrol inspector; Kantō regional inspector; law-enforcement post established by the Edo shogunate, tasked with policing the Kantō region
to be deprived of one's role; to have one's livelihood taken away
re-enlistment; second imprisonment
chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe
leading actor; protagonist
scoring combination made with captured cards; meld
skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world; (arch.) child kabuki actor
company director; board member
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (US); ROTC
menstruation; menses; period
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
to relieve someone of the leading role
carrying on a second line of work
draft exemption; exemption from conscription
reparation in the form of service
winning hand with the score doubled twice
ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament
former san'yaku-ranked wrestler returning to that rank
being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist government
characteristic temperament (spirit) of an actor
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
conjugate diameter pair; CDP
complex conjugate transpose (of a matrix)
moving gadget on a pachinko machine designed to add excitement to play
division of labor by gender role
conscientious objector; CO
completely worthless; utterly useless
forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryō system)
labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryō system)
debt bondage (ritsuryō system); forced labor on failure to pay a debt
active and (first) reserve duty
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
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)
points awarded for scoring combinations
draft refuser; draft objector
(stock) company that has a board of directors
non-executive director; nonmanagerial director
character in erotica with a mainly penetrative role
active career; one's working life; the years before one retired; playing days
change of company director; reassignment of executives
Shiyakushomae Station (Fukui)