Kanji1 / 7
役 kanji
duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ヤクエキ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 役
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —共役転置complex conjugate transpose (of a matrix)
- —パイ共役pi conjugation
- —可動役物moving gadget on a pachinko machine designed to add excitement to play
- —役割理論role theory
- —火消し役firefighter (Edo period); problem-solver; troubleshooter; fireman; relief pitcher
- —役員賞与directors' bonus; bonus allowances to company executives; officers' bonuses
- —政務三役three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary
- —あがり役winning hand
- —見張り役person standing watch; guard duty
- —三等重役third-rate company director; executive in name only
- —宗門改役magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)
- —嫌われ役(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task
- —役所言葉bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
- —旗振り役initiator; instigator; flagman; leader
- —監査役会board of company auditors
- —平取締役non-executive director; nonmanagerial director
- —悲劇役者tragic actor; tragedian
- —喜劇役者comic actor; comedian; comic performer
- —二人一役two people sharing one role
- —役者不足lack of actors; being unfit for one's (acting) role; lacking the ability required for the part one has been given