役やく回まわり

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

role; part; assignment

Refers to the role or part one plays in a particular situation, project, or group, often with a nuance of assigned duty rather than a theatrical role.

彼かれはプロジェクトで重じゅう要ような役やく回まわりを任まかされた。
He was given an important role in the project.
会かい議ぎでの私わたしの役やく回まわりは、議ぎ事じ録ろくを取とることです。
My role at the meeting is to take the minutes.

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Usage patterns

損そんな役やく回まわりa thankless or unfavorable role
いつも彼かれが損そんな役やく回まわりを押おし付つけられる。
He always gets stuck with the thankless role.
〈人ひと〉に役やく回まわりが回まわってくるfor a (usually undesirable) role to fall to someone
今こん回かいは私わたしにその難むずかしい役やく回まわりが回まわってきた。
This time, that difficult role fell to me.
役やく回まわりを引ひき受うけるto take on a role or assignment
彼かれは嫌いやな役やく回まわりを黙だまって引ひき受うけた。
He quietly took on the unpleasant role.
役やく回まわりを演えんじるto play (a particular) role
彼かの女じょは交こう渉しょう役やくという難むずかしい役やく回まわりを演えんじた。
She played the difficult role of negotiator.

Kanji

役duty, war, campaign
回-times, round, game

Related words

役やく割わりN3
役割 is the common, general word for a role or function, while 役回り stresses a specific, often temporary or unwanted assignment that falls to someone in a given situation.
役やく目めN2
役目 emphasizes a duty or task one is responsible for carrying out, whereas 役回り highlights the particular part or position one ends up in, sometimes by circumstance rather than choice.
立たち場ばN3
立場 refers broadly to one's position or standpoint in a situation, while 役回り specifically points to the role or job one is expected to perform within that situation.

Built from

役やく+回まわる

Written forms

役やく回まわりUsage89%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
役やくまわりUsage11%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kana-mixed form; not a standard spelling.

Etymology

Compound of 役 (role, duty) and 回り (going around, turn), suggesting a role one takes on in a particular situation or sequence.