役

Meaning

役 centers on a person being assigned a task or function: a duty, role, or service. The war and campaign senses are specific historical applications of being drafted into military service.

• 役やく
  N2

  role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service

• 役割やくわり
  N3

  part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

• 現役げんえき
  N1

  active duty; active service

• 役立つやくだつ
  N2

  to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

• 取締役とりしまりやく
  N1

  company director; board member

• 役員やくいん
  N1

  director; executive

• 主役しゅやく
  N2

  leading part; leading actor; leading actress

• 役に立つやくにたつ
  N5

  to be helpful; to be useful

• 役者やくしゃ
  N2

  actor; actress

• 役目やくめ
  N2

  duty; role; function

• 市役所しやくしょ
  N5

  municipal office; council; city hall

• 役所やくしょ
  N2

  government office; public office

• 役人やくにん
  N2

  government official

• 懲役ちょうえき
  N1

  penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

• 悪役あくやく

  villain; baddie; the villain's part

• 役職やくしょく
  N1

  post; official position

• 子役こやく

  child actor; child actress

• 代役だいやく

  substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double

• 退役たいえき

  retiring from military service

• 役場やくば
  N1

  town hall

• 兵役へいえき
  N1

  military service; conscription

• 重役じゅうやく
  N2

  (company) director; executive; top management

• 服役ふくえき

  penal servitude; serving time in prison

• 脇役わきやく
  N1

  supporting role (actor); minor role

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