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
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
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
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
villain; baddie; the villain's part
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
government office; public office
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
municipal office; council; city hall
to be helpful; to be useful
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
supporting role (actor); minor role
mediator; manager; caretaker
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
to take on a role; to take part
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
military campaign; battle; war
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
company director; board member
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
retiring from military service
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
person standing watch; guard duty
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
dramatic role for child; child actor
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
ward office; council (regional)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
military service; conscription
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
role of the villain; the bad guy
study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)
catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen; tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)
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
board or officer's meeting
role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)
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
work; labor; labour; toil
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats
bureaucratic routine; red tape
village office; local administration office in a village
coordinator; coordinating role
underling; subordinate official
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
life imprisonment; imprisonment for life; indefinite imprisonment
service in the first reserve
job title; name of one's position
moderator; host; chairman
yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)
jail sentence; imprisonment
operating officer; company executive
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
government housing for officials
president and chief executive officer
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
handling cargo; loading and unloading
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
lacking a role; lacking a post; lacking a position; duty-free; tax-free
scoring combination in one's dealt hand (i.e. at the start of a game); meld in a starting hand
assistant; right-hand man; subordinate; (lit.) wifely role
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
role; duty; responsibility
placed in commission; entering servitude
(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task
to be appointed to a post; to assume office
war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryo system); (arch.) forced labor
star (actor); prima donna; leading figure
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
small part (e.g. in a film); bit part; extra
passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
(senior) managing director
leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
petty (minor) official (derogatory term)
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
clerk; secretary; scribe; copyist
initiator; instigator; flagman; leader
female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
by virtue of one's office; in the nature of one's duties
priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties
to set (citizens) to work; to employ (by force); to use
attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid
itinerant entertainer or troupe
actor print; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors
excellent supporting role; outstanding supporting actor
working generation; people still working
auditor (Edo period); examiner; inquisitor; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)
stage favorite; stage favourite; star
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
leading male role in kabuki
officer's compensation or remuneration
firefighter (Edo period); problem-solver; troubleshooter; relief pitcher; reliever
(putting on the) airs of an official
supporting role (actor); minor role
distribution of assignments
yakuman from having at least 13 han
leading force; driving force; leader
release from office; military service, or prison
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
compulsory military service
assistant (to section manager)
active player; player on the active list
first Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-93)
managing director; president of a company (US)
(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles; winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor
to assign a role to an actor
physical labor; physical labour; physical work; forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system)
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
three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary
petty (minor) official (derogatory term)
working animal; draught animal; draft animal
card that can be used to make a scoring combination
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
(the likes of) a mere actor
Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)
chairman of board of directors
assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job
evading military service; draft dodging; draft evasion
in prison; in the military
clerk; secretary; scribe; copyist
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
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-5)
Military Service Law (1927-1945)
leading actor; protagonist
statute-labor service (ritsuryo period); socage
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
to place someone in a position
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
prison labor; prison labour
firefighter (Edo period); problem-solver; troubleshooter; relief pitcher; reliever
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
substitute actor; stand-in; double
stage career; acting career
an office; an important office
low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater
attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
leading male role in kabuki
(theatrical) role of old person
acting career; career as an actress
prison labor camp; prison labour camp
to relieve someone of the leading role
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)
former post; former occupant of the post
service in the second reserve; military reserve force comprised of ex-servicemen
third-rate company director; executive in name only
bureaucratic routine; red tape
scoring combination made with captured cards; meld
menstruation; menses; period
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (US); ROTC
thankless role; ungracious part
supporting role (actor); minor role
referee officiating bouts of san'yaku ranked wrestlers
wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank
skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world; (arch.) child kabuki actor
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 made with captured cards; meld
directors' bonus; bonus allowances to company executives; officers' bonuses
re-enlistment; second imprisonment
the four top party executives (of the LDP)
chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
leading actor; protagonist
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
to relieve someone of the leading role
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
carrying on a second line of work
draft exemption; exemption from conscription
(member of one of) the top four ranks of sumo wrestlers
reparation in the form of service
to be deprived of one's role; to have one's livelihood taken away
winning hand with the score doubled twice
final three bouts on the last day of a tournament
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 ritsuryo system)
labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryo system)
debt bondage (ritsuryo 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
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
Shiyakushomae Station (Fukui)