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
- —汚れ役role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
- —検査役inspector
- —聞き役listener's role
- —立ち役leading male role
- —立役者leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure; leading spirit
- —旅役者itinerant entertainer or troupe
- —留め役arbitrator
- —老け役(theatrical) role of old person
- —牢役人(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer
- —補佐役assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
- —三役格referee officiating bouts of san'yaku ranked wrestlers
- —新三役wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank
- —調査役assistant (to section manager)
- —役職名job title; name of one's position
- —案内役guide; host
- —進行役facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
- —司会役moderator; host; chairman
- —牽引役leading force; driving force; leader
- —性役割gender role; sex role
- —お役目(public) duty