- やくめ
- [役目] 〔役割, 仕事, 勤め, 職務, 任務, 役〕**job【C】《略式》(職業上の)役目, 職務**part【U】【C】[通例単数形で]〔…での〕役目, 本分〔in〕∥ do [play] one's part 《正式》役目を果す**place【C】[通例 a/one's ~] 役目, 義務, 本分, 役割∥ It's your place to lock the door. ドアの錠をかけるのは君の役目だ / Scribes held an important place in Egyptian life. 書記はエジプト人の生活では重要な役目を持っていた.▲It lies with you to decide which to choose. どちらを選ぶのかを決めるのはあなたの役目だ / Where do I come in? 私の役目はどうなるのですか.役目
duty
business* * *やくめ【役目】〔役割, 仕事, 勤め, 職務, 任務, 役〕**job〖C〗《略式》(職業上の)役目, 職務**part〖U〗〖C〗[通例単数形で]〔…での〕役目, 本分〔in〕do [play] one's part 《正式》役目を果す
**place〖C〗[通例 a/one's ~] 役目, 義務, 本分, 役割It's your place to lock the door. ドアの錠をかけるのは君の役目だ
Scribes held an important place in Egyptian life. 書記はエジプト人の生活では重要な役目を持っていた.
▲It lies with you to decide which to choose. どちらを選ぶのかを決めるのはあなたの役目だ
Where do I come in? 私の役目はどうなるのですか.
* * *やくめ【役目】●親の役目 the parental role; the duties of parents
・子としての役目 a son's [daughter's] duties; one's filial duties
・コンサートマスターの役目 the role of concert master
・腎臓の役目 the role of the kidneys
・臨床心理学の役目 the functions of clinical psychology.
●役目柄 ⇒やくめがら.
●森にはさまざまな役目がある. Forests have several functions.
・犬歯と臼歯で形が違うのはそれぞれ役目が違うからだ. Cuspids and molars have different shapes because their functions are different.
・わが家では家族全員の役目が決まっている. At our house, each member of the family has specific duties.
・役目が勤まらない fail in [fall short of] one's duty.
●これも役目でやることですから, 悪く思わないでください. I'm doing this as a matter of duty. I hope you'll not hold it against me.
●役目にふさわしい appropriate to one's duties
・その日から犬の世話は私の役目になった. From that day onward taking care of the dog became my duty.
●処方箋のダブルチェックも薬剤師の役目の一つだ. It is one of the functions of the pharmacist to double-check prescriptions.
●役目を言いつける assign a duty; charge with a duty
・…に役目を割り当てる assign duties 《to…》; divide duties 《among…》
・役目を引き受ける accept [assume, take on] a duty
・役目を負う shoulder a duty [an office]; bear [assume, take on] a responsibility
・役目を果たす do [discharge, perform, fulfill] one's duties; discharge an office
・…の役目をする[果たす] do [fulfill] the duty 《of…》
・接続詞の役目をする serve as a conjunction
・クッションの役目をする椎間(ついかん)板 disks serving as cushions
・ビタミンは体内においていわば潤滑油の役目を果たしている. Vitamins serve in the body as a lubricating oil.
・私の部屋は居間と寝室の 2 つの役目をしている. My room serves both as a sitting room and a bedroom.
●時には子供たちを叱るのも近所の大人たちの役目だ. On occasion it is the duty of adults in the neighborhood to scold children.
・この貴重な自然をできる限り無傷で次世代に伝えていくのがわれわれの重要な役目だ. It is our serious duty to convey this priceless natural world with as little damage as possible to the next generation.
・命を救えなかった手術について家族に説明するのは主治医の辛い役目だ. It is the disagreeable duty of the principal doctor to provide explanations to the family of a patient who was not saved by surgery.
・猫の舌はブラシの役目も果たす. The tongue of a cat also serves as a brush.
・末っ子がようやく独立し, これで親の役目は終わった. With the youngest child finally independent, the parents' role is completed.
お役目 ⇒おやくめ.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.