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
- —娘役female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)
- —立役leading actor; protagonist
- —無役lacking a role; lacking a post; lacking a position; duty-free; tax-free
- —役責role and responsibility
- —月役menstruation; menses; period
- —役牌value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles; winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor
- —女役female role (e.g. in film); female part; occupation deemed fit for a woman; passive role in a male homosexual relationship
- —力役forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryō system)
- —役所assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job
- —場役scoring combination made with captured cards; meld
- —役札card that can be used to make a scoring combination
- —役代points awarded for scoring combinations
- —出役travelling for work; taking part in group work; practice of government officials taking on a temporary secondary role (Edo period)
- —竿役character in erotica with a mainly penetrative role
- —兼ね役carrying on a second line of work
- —主人役host; toastmaster
- —収入役government treasurer
- —重役会board of directors
- —審判役umpire; referee
- —代り役substitute actor; stand-in; double