"子役" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "子役",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "子",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "役",
          "やく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "koyaku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こやく",
      "roman": "koyaku",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "こやく",
        "hhira": "こやく"
      },
      "expansion": "子(こ)役(やく) • (koyaku) ^(←こやく (koyaku)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "role for a child in a play, movie, TV show, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-子役-ja-noun-NnIyPW8D",
      "links": [
        [
          "role",
          "role"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "31 69",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "ja:Children",
          "parents": [
            "Youth",
            "Age",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "ja:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Kishimoto saw the face of the boy actor which was painted white like a doll's.",
          "ref": "1938, 島崎藤村, 新生",
          "roman": "ningyō no yō ni shiroku nutta otoko no koyaku no kao ga Kishimoto no me ni utsutta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人形",
              "にんぎょう"
            ],
            [
              "白",
              "しろ"
            ],
            [
              "塗",
              "ぬ"
            ],
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "子役",
              "こやく"
            ],
            [
              "顔",
              "かお"
            ],
            [
              "岸本",
              "きしもと"
            ],
            [
              "眼",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "映",
              "うつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "人形のように白く塗った男の子役の顔が岸本の眼に映った。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "child actor"
      ],
      "id": "en-子役-ja-noun-MsUbVpC6",
      "links": [
        [
          "actor",
          "actor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こやく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "子役"
}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "ja:Children",
    "ja:Occupations"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "子役",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "子",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "役",
          "やく"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "koyaku",
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    },
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      "form": "こやく",
      "roman": "koyaku",
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        "hiragana",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "こやく",
        "hhira": "こやく"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "role for a child in a play, movie, TV show, etc."
      ],
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        [
          "role",
          "role"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Kishimoto saw the face of the boy actor which was painted white like a doll's.",
          "ref": "1938, 島崎藤村, 新生",
          "roman": "ningyō no yō ni shiroku nutta otoko no koyaku no kao ga Kishimoto no me ni utsutta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人形",
              "にんぎょう"
            ],
            [
              "白",
              "しろ"
            ],
            [
              "塗",
              "ぬ"
            ],
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "子役",
              "こやく"
            ],
            [
              "顔",
              "かお"
            ],
            [
              "岸本",
              "きしもと"
            ],
            [
              "眼",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "映",
              "うつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "人形のように白く塗った男の子役の顔が岸本の眼に映った。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "child actor"
      ],
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        [
          "actor",
          "actor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こやく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "子役"
}