"として" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "と する"
      },
      "expansion": "とする (to suru)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From とする (to suru).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to shite",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle",
        "2": "と して"
      },
      "expansion": "として • (to shite)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He is known as a film director.",
          "roman": "Eiga kantoku to shite shirarete iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "映",
              "えい"
            ],
            [
              "画",
              "が"
            ],
            [
              "監",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "督",
              "とく"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "映画監督として知られている。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I attended a committee in place of my father.",
          "roman": "Chichi no kawari to shite iinkai ni shusseki shita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "父",
              "ちち"
            ],
            [
              "代",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "委",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "員",
              "いん"
            ],
            [
              "会",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "しゅっ"
            ],
            [
              "席",
              "せき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "父の代わりとして委員会に出席した。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as (meaning a role)"
      ],
      "id": "en-として-ja-particle-kYRd58iJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ ɕi̥te̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "として"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "と する"
      },
      "expansion": "とする (to suru)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From とする (to suru).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to shite",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle",
        "2": "と して"
      },
      "expansion": "として • (to shite)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese particles",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He is known as a film director.",
          "roman": "Eiga kantoku to shite shirarete iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "映",
              "えい"
            ],
            [
              "画",
              "が"
            ],
            [
              "監",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "督",
              "とく"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "映画監督として知られている。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I attended a committee in place of my father.",
          "roman": "Chichi no kawari to shite iinkai ni shusseki shita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "父",
              "ちち"
            ],
            [
              "代",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "委",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "員",
              "いん"
            ],
            [
              "会",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "しゅっ"
            ],
            [
              "席",
              "せき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "父の代わりとして委員会に出席した。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as (meaning a role)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ ɕi̥te̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "として"
}