Results, *役
- 役★【やく】
noun / suffix noun:
- use; service; role
- post; position
- scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand
本当にその俳優は他のどの俳優よりも上手にカウボーイの役をこなした。 The actor really played cowboy roles better than any other actor.
- 主役★【しゅやく】
noun / ~の noun:
- leading part; leading actor; leading actress
ケイトは映画で主役を演じる機会を与えられました。 Kate has been given an opportunity to play a major role in a movie.
- 重役☆【じゅうやく・おもやくobs.】
noun:
- (company) director; executive; top management [じゅうやく]
- important post; role with heavy responsibilities
この重役のポストに適当な人物を見つけるには、人材斡旋業者に依頼する必要がある。 We'll need a head hunting agency to find the right man for this executive position.
- 取締役★【とりしまりやく】
noun:
- company director; board member
代表取締役は取締役の職務の執行を監督するものだ。 The Representative Director supervises Directors' performance of duties.
- 懲役★【ちょうえき】
noun:
- penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour) ➜ 禁錮
彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。 He was given ten years and his wife three.
- 現役★【げんえき】
noun / ~の noun:
- 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 - often as 現役で ➜ 浪人【ろうにん】
現役から引退した人は足が遠のくものだ。 People rarely come to see you once you are retired.
- 兵役☆【へいえき】
noun:
- military service; conscription
しかし人々は政府に対して5年間の兵役を努めなければならなかった。 But every man had to give five years of service to the government.
- 脇役☆【わきやく】傍役・わき役
noun / ~の noun:
- supporting role (actor); minor role
ケイトがある映画で脇役を演じた時、彼女の演技は批判されました。 When Kate played a minor part in a movie, her acting was criticized.
- 子役☆【こやく】
noun:
- dramatic role for child; child actor
あの亜弓って子、まだ13歳だけど5つのときから子役として映画や舞台に出演。 That 'Ayumi' kid, only 13 but has performed in movies and theatres as a child actor since she was five.
- 退役☆【たいえき】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- retiring from military service
その将軍は退役後ひっそり余生を送った。 The general lived the rest of his life peacefully after his retirement.
- 大役☆【たいやく】
noun:
- important task; important role; great duty; important mission
- major part (e.g. in a movie)
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