役

Meaning

1. n
   role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service
2. n
   position (of responsibility); post; office
3. n
   part (in a play, film, etc.); role; character
4. n
   scoring combination; hand; yaku; meld
5. n
   war; campaign; battle
6. n archaic
   unpaid work (ritsuryō system); forced labor

Example sentences

• 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.

• 僕は芝居の自分の役の台詞を覚えた。

  I studied my part in the play.

• 法律というものはあれこれと手加減し過ぎると何の役にも立たなくなる。

  The law is useless if it's too watered down.