役

chore; odd job

nurse; nanny; guardian

operating officer; company executive

jail sentence; imprisonment

double role

slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service

president and chief executive officer

lacking a role; lacking a post; lacking a position

duty-free; tax-free

Hanafuda

scoring combination made with captured cards; meld

colleague

Hanafuda

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; wifely role

public service

being placed on duty

going into commission (of a warship, freighter, etc.); being placed in commission

female role (e.g. in film); female part

occupation deemed fit for a woman

Slang

passive role in a male homosexual relationship

host; toastmaster

(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task

small part (e.g. in a film); bit part; extra

star (actor); prima donna; leading figure

noh actor

instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator; troublemaker

(senior) managing director

passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

well-suited role