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
 substitute (e.g. actor);  substitution;  stand-in;  double
 municipal office;  council;  city hall
 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
 mediator;  manager;  caretaker
 of no use whatsoever;  good for nothing;  useless
 perquisite;  perk;  side benefit;  emoluments
 supporting role (actor);  minor role
 counselor;  counsellor;  adviser;  advisor
 mediator;  peacemaker;  troubleshooter;  manager
 one's superior;  higher-up;  boss;  senior
 company director;  board member
 to take on a role;  to take part
 assistant;  adjunct;  lieutenant
 facilitator;  programme director;  steering committee (chair)
 dramatic role for child;  child actor
 leading actor;  star;  leading figure;  central figure;  key figure
 dismissal;  firing;  retirement;  being relieved from one's post;  being relieved of a burden
 person standing watch;  guard duty
 ward office;  council (regional)
 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
 role (which someone or something plays in a given situation);  part;  contribution (to a given situation)
 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
 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
 coordinator;  coordinating role
 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
 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
 president and chief executive officer
 leading actor;  star actress;  top-billed performer
 operating officer;  company executive
 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
 to be appointed to a post;  to assume office
 star (actor);  prima donna;  leading figure
 (playing an) unpopular role;  (taking on an) unpopular task
 small part (e.g. in a film);  bit part;  extra
 actor print;  ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors
 instigator;  originator;  initiator;  torch bearer;  incendiary;  agitator
 (senior) managing director
 leading actor;  protagonist
 executive meeting;  meeting of the board of directors
 Edo-period official of the chōnin social class;  town official
 petty (minor) official (derogatory term)
 auditor (Edo period);  examiner;  inquisitor;  winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)
 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.)
 initiator;  instigator;  flagman;  leader
 by virtue of one's office;  in the nature of one's duties
 itinerant entertainer or troupe
 red tape;  red-tapism;  officialism;  bureaucratic bungling
 leading male role in kabuki
 stage favorite;  stage favourite;  star
 excellent supporting role;  outstanding supporting actor
 person who makes someone else appear better;  foil
 firefighter (Edo period);  problem-solver;  troubleshooter;  relief pitcher;  reliever
 (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
 bureaucratism;  bureaucratic nature
 the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor;  feeling blessed for being an actor
 (role of) heel (in wrestling, films, etc.);  bad guy
 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
 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
 menstruation;  menses;  period
 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)