1234567
Keyword
role
  • duty
  • war
  • campaign
  • drafted labor
  • office
  • service
Frequency
#315
Strokes
7
Grade
3
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
949
Readings
ヤク87%
エキ13%
Mnemonic
The director tells an extra to stand still with a prop weapon in the background, and that tiny role is the whole job.
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Used in vocabulary
役やく割わり
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
Noun
役やく
role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service; position (of responsibility); post; office; …
Noun
役やく員いん
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
Noun
三さん役やく
three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions
Noun
取とり締しまり役やく
company director; board member
Noun
取とり締しまり役やく会かい
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
Noun
懲ちょう役えき
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
Noun
現げん役えき
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
Noun
監かん査さ役やく
auditor; inspector
Noun
主しゅ役やく
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
Noun
役やく所しょ
government office; public office
Noun
相そう談だん役やく
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
Noun
役やく者しゃ
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
Noun
役やく立だつ
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
Godan verb
役やくに立たつ
to be helpful; to be useful
Expression
役やく人にん
government official
Noun
役やく目め
duty; role; function
Noun
市し役やく所しょ
municipal office; council; city hall
Noun
悪あく役やく
villain; baddie; the villain's part
Noun
役やくに立たたない
of no avail; useless
Expression
助じょ役やく
assistant official
Noun
役やく職しょく
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
Noun
火ひ付つけ役やく
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator; troublemaker
Noun