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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】

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】

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
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
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

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

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

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

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

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, auxillary suru verb
1.
employing, using, setting to work, enslavement
noun
2.
causative (verb, etc.)(linguistics)

noun
underling, subordinate official

noun
prison labor, prison labour

noun
magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

noun
facilitator, programme director, steering committee (chair)
See also:進行係

noun
wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank(sumo term)

noun
three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary

noun
military campaign, battle, war

noun
former post, former occupant of the post

だいひょうとりしまりやく
daihyoutorishimariyaku
noun
representative director, managing director, president, someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

noun
leading male role in kabuki
Other readings:
立役【たちやく】

noun
leading actor, protagonist
Other readings:
立て役【たてやく】

noun
small part (e.g. in a film), bit part, extra

やく
tsukisoiyaku
noun
attendant, best man (at a wedding), groomsman, maid of honor, bridesmaid
Other readings:
付き添役【つきそいやく】
付添役【つきそいやく】

noun
menstruation, menses, period
See also:月経,  月の障り,  月の物

noun
dealt meld (at the start of a game of hanafuda)
See also:花札

noun
taster for poison
Other readings:
毒味役【どくみやく】

noun
thankless role, ungracious part

noun
well-suited role
Other readings:
填まり役【はまりやく】
はまり役【はまりやく】
嵌り役【はまりやく】
填り役【はまりやく】

noun
someone who plays the part of a 'heel' (bad guy) in wrestling, films, etc.
See also:ヒール

やく
hikitateyaku
noun
person who makes someone else appear better, foil
Other readings:
引立て役【ひきたてやく】
引立役【ひきたてやく】

noun
1.
firefighter (Edo period)
See also:定火消し
2.
problem-solver, troubleshooter
3.
relief pitcher, reliever, fireman(baseball term)
Other readings:
火消役【ひけしやく】

noun
role (which someone or something plays in a given situation), part, contribution (to a given situation)

noun
double role, one person playing two roles, wearing two hats(yojijukugo)

noun
slave labour, slave labor, compulsory service, forced labour, forced labor, exacted service
Other readings:
賦役【ぶやく】
夫役【ぶえき】
夫役【ぶやく】

noun
mediator, peacemaker, troubleshooter, manager
Other readings:
纏め役【まとめやく】

noun
life imprisonment, imprisonment for life, indefinite imprisonment

noun
female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)
See also:男役

no-adjective, noun
1.
lacking a role, lacking responsibilities
2.
duty-free, tax-free

noun
excellent supporting role, outstanding supporting actor
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