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自他動

1

（＝勤務する）to serve （an office―in an office）; to hold （an office）; to fill （a post）

用例

• 役を勤める
  to hold an office―fill a post

• 彼は何役を勤めているか
  What office does he hold?
• 侍医を勤めている
  He hold the office of court physician
  He is a court physician.
• どこへ勤めているか
  Where does he serve?
• 宮内省に勤めている
  He serves in the Imperial Household
  He holds an office in the Imperial Household
  He is an official of the Imperial Household.
• 会社に勤めている
  He serves a company
  He is in the service of a company
  He is in a company's service.
• 年期を勤める
  to serve one's time―serve one's apprenticeship
• 現役を勤める
  to serve with the colours
• 懲役を勤める
  to serve time （in prison）

2

（＝芝居の役を勤める）to act, play, perform （a part）; to enact （a rôle）; to personate （a character）

用例

• 弁慶の役を勤める役者があるか
  Can any actor play Benkei?―play the part of Benkei?

• 誰が正岡を勤めるか
  Who will play Masaoka?―personate Masaoka?―do Masaoka?
• 立役を勤める
  to act the leading part―play the leading part
• 大役を勤める
  to play a weighty part

3

（＝何役をする）to act as （guide or interpreter）; to officiate as （host）

用例

• 僕が仲人の役を勤めよう
  I will act as go-between.

• 亭主役を勤める
  to officiate as host―do the honours of the house
• 彼の細君が死んでから娘が主婦の役を勤めている
  Since his wife died, his daughter has officiated as hostess―done the honours of the table.
• 名代を勤める
  to act as deputy―act for another

4

（＝人の為に尽す）to do something for （a man）; to pay attentions to （a person）

用例

• 彼の為にはずいぶん勤めたつもりだ
  I hope I have done something for him―done my duty by him.

• 西洋人は細君に勤める
  A foreigner pays attentions to his wife.
• 彼は主人に好く勤める
  He pays sedulous attentions to his master
  He is assiduous in his attentions to his master.
• あの女は今までの女中の中で一番好く勤めてくれる
  She pays me better attentions than any other servant I ever had.