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
- —三文役者third-rate actor
- —重役出勤arriving at work late as if one were an executive; management attendance at work
- —諸役御免being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist government
- —緞帳役者low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater
- —名題役者chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe
- —花形役者leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
- —一人二役dual role (in a film, play, etc.); double role
- —役者稼業stage career; acting career
- —役者気質characteristic temperament (spirit) of an actor
- —役者子供skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world; child kabuki actor
- —役者生命acting career; career as an actress
- —役者馬鹿good actor who is inept in all other matters; dedicated actor
- —役者風情(the likes of) a mere actor
- —役者冥利the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor
- —役所仕事red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
- —役割分担division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
- —重役会議executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
- —ヒール役(role of) heel (in wrestling, films, etc.); bad guy
- —ちょい役small part (e.g. in a film); bit part; extra
- —役割演技role-playing