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
- —自己共役self adjoint
- —人気役者stage favorite; stage favourite; star
- —千両役者star (actor); prima donna; leading figure
- —憎まれ役thankless role; ungracious part
- —道化役者clown
- —年寄り役senior's role
- —役立てるto put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
- —役人根性bureaucratism; bureaucratic nature
- —役員報酬officer's compensation or remuneration
- —役職手当executive allowance
- —大根役者bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor
- —まとめ役mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
- —はまり役well-suited role
- —一役買うto take on a role; to take part
- —役立たずuseless; deadhead
- —役に就くto be appointed to a post; to assume office
- —意味役割semantic role
- —執行役員operating officer; company executive
- —返り三役former san'yaku-ranked wrestler returning to that rank
- —お役御免dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a duty; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless