役
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Meanings
- role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service
- position (of responsibility), post, office
- part (in a play, film, etc.), role, character
- scoring combination, hand, yaku, meld
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She played the lead role in that movie.
In this job, it's important to properly fulfill your own role.
He has been entrusted with an important position at the company.
In mahjong, you cannot win without a valid yaku.
In the new project, she ended up taking on the role of leader.
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