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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elizabeth" data-source="post: 20102" data-attributes="member: 1178">Konnichiwa Nangi-san! I'm confused now, too, since  役不足 and 役者不足 aren't in my dictionary either. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite123" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> I would guess 役者不足 probably connotes insufficient ability of the performer or not enough applicants to fill a role, while 役不足 is to a job insufficent to the performer's ability ??? What is the name of that book? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite124" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />   Well, there are many unique aspects to the Japanese language, aren't there. The use of both "Wa" (topic) and "ga" (subject) -type sentences when most languages are just one or the other, an appallingly elaborate system of honorifics, and four ways of writing 52 simple sounds. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite125" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></blockquote>