[toshite] (exp) (1) as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); (2) apart from... (used to change the topic); (3) (before a negative form) even (e.g. "not even a single person"); (4) (See とする・1) (after a volitional form) thinking that...; trying to...; (P) #33
[やく, yaku] (n, n-suf) (1) use; service; role; (2) post; position; (3) scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand; (P) #287
[おも, omo] (adj-na, n) (1) (See 主な, 主に) chief; main; principal; important; (2) (abbr) (usu. written as オモ) (See 重あど) main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen); (P) #295
[かつやく, katsuyaku] (n) (1) activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; (vs) (2) to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role; (P) #1297
[やくわり, yakuwari] (n) part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties; (P) #2211
[きよう, kiyou] (n, vs) appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion; (P) #3117
[そふ(P);じじ;じい;おおじ;おじ;そぶ(ok), sofu (P); jiji ; jii ; ooji ; oji ; sobu (ok)] (n, adj-no) (1) grandfather; (2) (おおじ only) (See 爺・1) old man; (3) (おおじ only) kyogen mask used for the role of an old man; (P) #4383
[せきゆ, sekiyu] (n) oil; petroleum; kerosene; (P) #4454
[わき, waki] (n) (1) armpit; under one's arm; side; flank; (2) (also written as 傍, 側) beside; close to; near; by; (3) aside; to the side; away; out of the way; (4) off-track; off-topic; (5) (usu. written ワキ in Noh) deuteragonist; supporting role; (6) (abbr) (See 脇句) second verse (in a linked series of poems); (P) #5679
[たゆう, tayuu] (n) (1) (See 能太夫) high-ranking Noh actor; (2) head of a school of noh performance; (3) high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); (4) (See 浄瑠璃, 万歳・まんざい) joruri narrator; manzai narrator; (5) (See 女形) female role actor in kabuki; (6) (See 御師) low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine; (7) (太夫 only) lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank) #6515