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
- —社外取締役outside director; independent director
- —社外監査役external auditor
- —首切り役人executioner; headsman
- —役を干されるto be deprived of one's role; to have one's livelihood taken away
- —役を割り振るto assign a role to an actor
- —取締役副社長executive vice-president
- —これより三役final three bouts on the last day of a tournament
- —三役揃い踏みritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament
- —役割を演じるto carry out a role
- —共役二重結合conjugated double bond
- —性別役割分業division of labor by gender role
- —役割を果たすto play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
- —役割を演ずるto carry out a role
- —関東取締出役Kantō patrol inspector; Kantō regional inspector; law-enforcement post established by the Edo shogunate, tasked with policing the Kantō region
- —お役に立てるto be of help; to be of service; to be able to assist
- —主役から降ろすto relieve someone of the leading role
- —役にも立たないof no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
- —代表取締役社長president and chief executive officer
- —糞の役にも立たぬcompletely worthless; utterly useless
- —非線形共役勾配法nonlinear conjugate gradient method