役やく目め

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Refers to a task, responsibility, or part that someone or something is expected to fulfill. Often implies a sense of obligation or assigned purpose.

役やく目めを果はたすto fulfill one's duty/role
彼かれは無む事じに自じ分ぶんの役やく目めを果はたした。
He successfully fulfilled his duty.
役やく目めを負おうto bear/take on a duty
彼かの女じょは難むずかしい役やく目めを負おうことになった。
She ended up taking on a difficult duty.
役やく目めを終おえるto finish/complete one's duty
長なが年ねんの役やく目めを終おえて、彼かれはほっとした表ひょう情じょうを見みせた。
Having completed his long-held duty, he looked relieved.
〈人ひと〉に役やく目めを任まかせるto entrust someone with a duty
上じょう司しは新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんに大たい切せつな役やく目めを任まかせた。
The boss entrusted the new employee with an important duty.

役やく割わりN3
役割 emphasizes a socially defined role or part within a group or system, while 役目 focuses more on the specific duty or task one is expected to carry out.
任にん務むN1
任務 is a more formal word for an officially assigned mission or task, whereas 役目 can describe any expected duty, formal or informal.
職しょく務むN1
職務 specifically refers to the duties that come with one's job or official position, while 役目 is broader and can apply to any role in life.
使し命めいN1
使命 carries a sense of a lofty or destined mission one feels called to fulfill, while 役目 is more neutral and everyday.

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責せき任にんN3
責任 stresses accountability and the consequences of failing a duty, while 役目 simply names the task or function itself.
役やく回まわり
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.
義ぎ務むN3
役目 is a specific role or task expected of someone in a social or organizational setting, whereas 義務 is a broader, more formal duty.

役やく者しゃN2
役者 (an actor) shares the kanji 役 with 役目 but means a performer, not a duty or role in the sense of responsibility.

Compound of 役 (role, duty) and 目 (eye, point, purpose). The combination conveys the idea of a designated task or function.