脇役

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

わきやく【脇役】

&fRoman1;〔役〕a supporting [secondary] role；〔人〕a supporting actor

彼はその映画で脇役を務めた
He played a supporting [secondary] role in that film.

&fRoman2;〔補佐する人〕

彼は一生社長の脇役に徹した
He stayed in the background playing a secondary role to the president all his life.

もう脇役はこりごりだ
I won't take a backseat any longer.／I don't want to play second fiddle any more.

出典　小学館「プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)」