役

role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service

position (of responsibility); post; office

part (in a play, film, etc.); role; character

Mahjong; Card games; Hanafuda

scoring combination; hand; yaku; meld

war; campaign; battle

Archaic

unpaid work (ritsuryō system); forced labor

to be helpful; to be useful

duty; role; function

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

actor; actress

man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part

government official

director; executive

officer; official; person in charge

post; official position

managerial position; executive position

government office; public office

to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing

perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments

role; part; job; assignment

useless; deadhead

town hall

role

of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

to carry out a role

study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)

dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role)

Colloquial

not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth