Info on the Kanji 役 | What's a Kanji? |
| duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role | |
| onyomi | YAKU, EKI |
| kunyomi | |
| stroke count | 7 |
| grade | 3 |
| jlpt level | N3 |
| Example words with 役 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 役やく yaku | war / campaign / battle / unpaid work |
| 一役ひとやく hitoyaku | an office / an important office |
| 下役したやく shita yaku | underling / subordinate official |
| 加役かやく ka yaku | temporary extra work |
| 顔役かおやく kaoyaku | influential man / boss |
| 共役きょうやく kyouyaku | conjugation |
| 苦役くえき kueki | hard toil |
| 月役つきやく tsukiyaku | menstruation / menses / period |
| 現役げんえき gen eki | active duty / active service / student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try / student taking entrance exams while still enrolled in school |
| 公役こうえき koueki | public service |
| 在役ざいやく zai yaku | in prison / in the military |
| 雑役ざつえき zatsueki | chore / odd job |
| 三役さんやく sanyaku | three highest ranks / three parts / three divisions |
| 使役しえき shieki | employing / using / setting to work / enslavement / causative |
| 子役こやく koyaku | dramatic role for child / child actor |
| 主役しゅやく shuyaku | leading part / leading actor |
| 守役もりやく moriyaku | nurse / nanny / guardian |
| 手役てやく te yaku | hand of cards which scores as it is |
| 重役じゅうやく juuyaku | company director / top management / high executive / heavy responsibilities |
| 初役はつやく hatsu yaku | first role |
| 書役かきやく kaki yaku | clerk / secretary / scribe / copyist |
| 助役じょやく joyaku | assistant official |
| 上役うわやく uwayaku | superior / senior |
| 先役さきやく saki yaku | former post / former occupant of the post |
| 戦役せんえき sen eki | military campaign / battle / war |
| 相役そうやく sou yaku | colleague |
| 側役がわやく gawa yaku | personal attendant |
| 退役たいえき taieki | retiring from military service |
| 代役だいやく daiyaku | substitute / substitution / stand-in / double |
| 大役たいやく taiyaku | important task / important role / great duty / important mission / major part |
| 男役おとこやく otokoyaku | male part or role |
| 適役てきやく tekiyaku | suitable post or role |
| 同役どうやく douyaku | colleague |
| 難役なんやく nan yaku | difficult role |
| 二役にやく niyaku | double role |
| 配役はいやく haiyaku | cast |
| 夫役おっとやく otto yaku | slave labour / slave labor / compulsory service / forced labour / forced labor / exacted service |
| 服役ふくえき fukueki | penal servitude / military service |
| 娘役むすめやく musumeyaku | female part or role |
| 役員やくいん yakuin | officer / official / executive / staff |
| 役割やくわり yakuwari | part / assigning parts / role / duties |
| 役牛やくうし yaku ushi | work cow / work cattle |
| 役者やくしゃ yakusha | actor / actress |
| 役所やくしょ yakusho | government office / public office |
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| Example Sentences with 役 |
| 私のパソコンは何かの役に立つはずだ。 睡眠は重要であるにもかかわらず、その役割は謎である。 中国がより積極的な役割を発揮していくものと信じる。 当事者が公証役場に行く場合、下記のものが必要になります。 |
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