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noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
penal servitude, serving time in prison
2.
military service
3.
forced labor, compulsory service

noun, no-adjective
villain, baddie, the villain's part

noun
1.
important task, important role, great duty, important mission
2.
major part (e.g. in a movie)

noun
dramatic role for child, child actor

noun
substitute (e.g. actor), substitution, stand-in, double

やく
yakunitatanai
expression, adjective
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
instigator, originator, initiator, torch bearer, incendiary, agitator, troublemaker
Other readings:
火つけ役【ひつけやく】

noun
role, part, duty
Other readings:
役まわり【やくまわり】

noun, no-adjective
supporting role (actor), minor role
Other readings:
傍役【わきやく】
わき役【わきやく】

noun
village office, local administration office in a village

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to put to use, to make use of, to turn to account

noun
assistant, right-hand man, subordinate, wifely role

noun
labor, labour, service

noun
role of the villain, the bad guy
Other readings:
敵役【てきやく】

noun
handling cargo, loading and unloading
Other readings:
荷役【にやく】

noun
an office, an important office

noun
one's superior, higher-up, boss, senior

noun
listener's role
Other readings:
聞役【ききやく】

no-adjective
useless, deadhead

noun, no-adjective
minor role

noun
influential man, boss

noun
(theatrical) role of old person

noun, auxillary suru verb
placed in commission, entering servitude

noun
suitable post or role

noun
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.), bad-guy role, social outcast role

noun
winning hand(mahjong term)
Other readings:
アガリ役【アガリやく】

noun
debt bondage (ritsuryo system), forced labor on failure to pay a debt

suru verb (special), transitive verb
to use, to employ

やく
ometsukeyaku
noun
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
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】

やくしょごと
oyakushoshigoto
noun
bureaucratic routine, red tape
Other readings:
御役所仕事【おやくしょしごと】

noun
(public) duty
Other readings:
御役目【おやくめ】

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
former san'yaku-ranked wrestler returning to that rank(sumo term)

noun
clerk, secretary, scribe, copyist
See also:書記
Other readings:
書役【かきやく】

noun
yakuman from having at least 13 han(mahjong term)
See also:役満

noun
moving gadget on a pachinko machine designed to add excitement to play(obscure)

noun
carrying on a second line of work

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
substitute actor, stand-in, double

noun, no-adjective
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:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

きょうやくこうばいほ
kyouyakukoubaihou
noun
contragradient method, conjugate gradient method, CG method(mathematics)

expression, noun
(playing an) unpopular role, (taking on an) unpopular task

noun
1.
toil, drudgery
2.
penal servitude, imprisonment (with hard labour)
See also:懲役

くそやく
kusonoyakunimotatanu
expression
completely worthless, utterly useless(derogatory)

noun
military service
Other readings:
軍役【ぐんやく】

expression, noun
second Japanese invasion of Korea (1597), Keichō campaign (1597-98)

noun
passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

noun
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
service in the second reserve, military reserve force comprised of ex-servicemen

やくにん
koppayakunin
noun
petty (minor) official (derogatory term)(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
木端役人【こっぱやくにん】

さんやく
koreyorisan-yaku
noun
final three bouts on the last day of a tournament(sumo term)

noun
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, auxillary suru verb
in prison, in the military

noun
referee officiating bouts of san'yaku ranked wrestlers(sumo term)

さんやくそろ
san-yakusoroibumi
noun
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)
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