| 難役 | difficult role |
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嵌まり役
填まり役
はまり役
嵌り役
填り役 | well-suited role |
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立ち役
立役 | leading male role in kabuki |
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立て役者
立役者 | leading actor, person who acts as driving force behind something, key figure, leading spirit, central figure |
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| 旅役者 | itinerant entertainer or troupe |
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| 留め役 | arbitrator |
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| 老け役 | (theatrical) role of old person |
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| 牢役人 | (Edo-period) jail warden (gaol) |
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| 一役買う | to take on a role, to take part |
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| 役立たず | useless, deadhead |
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| 共役 | conjugation |
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| 主役から降ろす | to relieve someone of the leading role |
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| 西南の役 | the Satsuma Rebellion |
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| 手役 | hand of cards which scores as it is |
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役に立たない
役にたたない
役に立た無い | of no avail, useless |
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| 役に就く | to be appointed to a post, to assume office |
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| 役に就ける | to place someone in a position |
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| 役を勤める | to act (as), to hold an office, to play the part (of) |
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| 役を割り振る | to assign a role to an actor |
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| 二翻役 | winning hand which redoubles the score |
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| 意味役割 | semantic role |
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| 補佐役 | assistant, adjunct, lieutenant |
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| 壁役 | tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG) |
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| 退役軍人 | ex-serviceman |
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| 執行役員 | operating officer, company executive |
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| 取締役会長 | chairman of board of directors |
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| 取締役社長 | managing director, president of a company (US) |
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| 取締役副社長 | executive vice-president |
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| これより三役 | final three bouts on the last day of a tournament |
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| 三役揃い踏み | ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament |
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| 調査役 | assistant (to section manager) |
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お役御免
お役ご免
お役ごめん
御役御免
御役ごめん
御役ご免 | dismissal, firing, retirement, being relieved of a burden |
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| 三文役者 | third-rate actor |
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| 重役出勤 | arriving at work late as if one were an executive, management attendance at work |
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| 諸役御免 | being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist government |
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| 緞帳役者 | low-class actor (kabuki), actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater |
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| 名題役者 | chief actor in a kabuki play, star actor, leading actors of a troupe |
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| 花形役者 | leading actor, star actress, top-billed performer |
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| 端役女優 | bit-part actress, actress with a minor part |
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| 一人二役 | double role, one person playing two roles, wearing two hats |
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| 役者稼業 | stage career, acting career |
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| 役者気質 | characteristic temperament (spirit) of an actor |
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