大役

大役
たいやく【大役】
( ⇒ たいにん[大任] ) important task [duty, mission] 〖C〗
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たいやく【大役】
1 〔任務〕 an important duty [part, role, task]; a heavy trust; 〔使命〕 an important [a great] mission; 〔映画・演劇の主要な役〕 a leading [major, big] part [role].

大役が務まる[務まらない] be able [unable] to play an important role; be up to [be not up to] a leading role

・新首相にサミット議長の大役が回ってきた. It came around to the new Prime Minister to assume the important task of summit chairman.

●この大役に身の引き締まる思いです. I feel tense faced with this important task.

大役を務める perform an important duty; play a leading role

・大役を仰せつかる be charged with an important task [mission]

・本日司会の大役を仰せつかった中村です. 〔宴で〕 My name is Nakamura. I have been given the honor, today, of serving as master of ceremonies.

・大役を引き受ける accept [undertake, take up] an important part; take a heavy trust upon oneself

・大役を担う be in charge of an important task

・大役を果たす perform [discharge, accomplish] an important duty

・無事大役を果たせて感無量です. I am relieved and delighted to have completed my task safely [without mishap].

・(劇などの)大役を射止める[つかむ] get (hold of) [acquire] a leading role

・彼女はこの映画で初の大役を射止めた. She got her first major part in this film.

・大役を演じる play [perform] an important part [role].

●大役, ご苦労様でございます. Thank you for all your hard work in this important task.

・医療の進んでいなかった当時, お産はまさに女の大役だった. In the days before advanced medical treatment, childbearing really was an arduous task for women.

2 〔花札の〕 a set of cards entitling a big win.

Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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