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Search Terms: *役*
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noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
penal servitude, serving time in prison
2.
military service
3.
forced labor, compulsory service
noun
1.
important task, important role, great duty, important mission
2.
major part (e.g. in a movie)
Common word
expression, adjective
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of no avail, useless
See also:役に立つ
Other readings:
役にたたない【やくにたたない】
、やくに立たない【やくにたたない】
、役に立た無い【やくにたたない】
noun
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instigator, originator, initiator, torch bearer, incendiary, agitator, troublemaker
Other readings:
火つけ役【ひつけやく】
noun, no-adjective
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supporting role (actor), minor role
Other readings:
傍役【わきやく】
、わき役【わきやく】
noun
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village office, local administration office in a village
See also:町役場 (まちやくば)
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
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to put to use, to make use of, to turn to account
noun
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assistant, right-hand man, subordinate, wifely role
noun
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role of the villain, the bad guy
Other readings:
敵役【てきやく】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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placed in commission, entering servitude
noun
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role of a villain (film, drama, etc.), bad-guy role, social outcast role
noun
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debt bondage (ritsuryo system), forced labor on failure to pay a debt
noun
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watchdog, chaperone, watcher
Other readings:
お目付役【おめつけやく】
、御目付役【おめつけやく】
、御目付け役【おめつけやく】
noun
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dismissal, firing, retirement, being relieved from one's post, being relieved of a burden
Other readings:
お役ご免【おやくごめん】
、お役ごめん【おやくごめん】
、御役御免【おやくごめん】
、御役ごめん【おやくごめん】
、御役ご免【おやくごめん】
noun
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bureaucratic routine, red tape
Other readings:
御役所仕事【おやくしょしごと】
noun
1.
female role (e.g. in film), female part
2.
occupation deemed fit for a woman
3.
passive role in a male homosexual relationship(slang)
noun
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former san'yaku-ranked wrestler returning to that rank(sumo term)
noun
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moving gadget on a pachinko machine designed to add excitement to play(obscure)
noun
1.
catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen(baseball term)
2.
tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)
noun, no-adjective
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conjugation(mathematics)
Other readings:
共役【きょうえき】[1]
、共軛【きょうやく】
、共軛【きょうえき】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kana usage
noun
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contragradient method, conjugate gradient method, CG method(mathematics)
noun
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complex conjugate transpose (of a matrix)(computer term)
expression, noun
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(playing an) unpopular role, (taking on an) unpopular task
expression
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completely worthless, utterly useless(derogatory)
noun
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passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
noun
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student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school, student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
See also:現役
noun
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service in the second reserve, military reserve force comprised of ex-servicemen
noun
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petty (minor) official (derogatory term)(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
木端役人【こっぱやくにん】
noun
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final three bouts on the last day of a tournament(sumo term)
noun
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labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryo system)
Other readings:
歳役【さいやく】
noun
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referee officiating bouts of san'yaku ranked wrestlers(sumo term)
noun
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ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament(sumo term)
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
employing, using, setting to work, enslavement
noun
2.
causative (verb, etc.)(linguistics)