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役は

As for someone’s assigned role or responsibility…, the role; the part

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phrase Rare #27,303
As for someone’s assigned role or responsibility… Use 役は to introduce the role or duties someone has been assigned.
JA: 私の役は何？
EN: What’s my role?

何だこの役は？

What kind of role is this?

— ベルリン・天使の詩 (1987)

彼女の役は？

What is her role?

— ８ 1／2 (1963)

私の役は何？

What’s my role?

— ８ 1／2 (1963)

まあ貴方の役は大きいわ!

Well, you have a major role to play!

— ラスト、コーション (2007)

そう君の役はないんだ

That's right—you don't have a role.

— ８ 1／2 (1963)

私の役は？

What’s my role?

— ８ 1／2 (1963)

phrase Rare #32,693
the role; the part Refers to a character or part performed in a play or film.
JA: 女王の役は彼女に似合わない。
EN: The role of the queen doesn't suit her.

僕の演じる役は本の木だけで、役が無いのとほぼ同じです。

The role I play is just a single tree, so it’s almost the same as having no role at all.

ダルベール役はマーティン・ブラドックさんにお願いしたわ

I asked Mr. Martin Braddock to play Dalbert.

— Pompo the Cinephile (2021)

残念ながら君の演じる役は演劇の冒頭で殺されるのだ。

Unfortunately, the character you play is killed at the beginning of the play.

その役はお気に入り？

Is that your favorite role?

— 帰ってきたヒトラー (2015)

いつも“美人”だけ役はいただけるの？

Do you only ever get cast as the “beautiful woman”?

— ８ 1／2 (1963)

女王の役は彼女に似合わない。

The role of a queen doesn't suit her.