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現役
げんえき
Common word
N1
Nouns
active duty; active service; currently working · current student taking entrance exams; first-time exam passer
懲役
ちょうえき
Common word
N1
Nouns
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor
退役
たいえき
Common word
Nouns
retirement from military service; discharge
兵役
へいえき
Common word
N1
Nouns
military service; conscription
服役
ふくえき
Common word
Nouns
serving time in prison; penal servitude · military service · forced labor; compulsory service
役務
えきむ
Nouns
labor; service
使役
しえき
Nouns
setting to work; employment; using · causative
戦役
せんえき
Nouns
military campaign; battle; war
就役
しゅうえき
Nouns
being placed on duty; assignment to a post · going into commission; being placed in commission
苦役
くえき
Nouns
toil; drudgery; hard labor · penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor
労役
ろうえき
Nouns
physical labor; hard manual work; toil
軍役
ぐんえき
Nouns
military service
賦役
ふえき
Nouns
compulsory labor; forced labor; corvée
予備役
よびえき
Nouns
first reserve service; reserve duty
使役犬
しえきけん
Nouns
working dog
免役
めんえき
Nouns
exemption from service; release from duty
公役
こうえき
Nouns
public service; official duties
共役直径対
きょうえきちょっけいたい
Nouns
conjugate diameter pair; CDP
力役
りきえき
Nouns
physical labor; manual work · forced labor (historical); corvée
囚役
しゅうえき
Nouns
prison labor
在役
ざいえき
Nouns
being in prison; incarceration · being in the military; active duty
役する
えきする
する verbs
set to work; employ by force; put to use · use; utilize
役夫
えきふ
Nouns
laborer; worker
役牛
えきぎゅう
Nouns
work cattle; draft cattle
役畜
えきちく
Nouns
beasts of burden; draft animals
役身折酬
えきしんせっしゅう
Nouns
debt bondage; forced labor for debt
後備役
こうびえき
Nouns
second reserve service; military reserve force of ex-servicemen
徭役
ようえき
Nouns
statute-labor service; socage
歳役
さいえき
Nouns
corvée labor system (ritsuryō)
用役
ようえき
Nouns
service
課役
かえき
Nouns
distribution of assignments; allotment of duties
雑役
ざつえき
Nouns
chore; odd job; miscellaneous duties