Search Terms: *役
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noun
1.
role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service
2.
position (of responsibility), post, office
3.
part (in a play, film, etc.), role, character
4.
scoring combination (in mahjong, card games, etc.), meld, hand, yaku
noun
1.
(company) director, executive, top management(only relevant for じゅうやく)
2.
important post, role with heavy responsibilities
Other readings:
重役【おもやく】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
See also:禁錮
noun, no-adjective
1.
active duty, active service
2.
student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school, student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try(often as 現役で)
See also:浪人 (ろうにん)
noun
1.
three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.)
2.
three parts, three divisions
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
•
retiring from military service
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)
noun
•
instigator, originator, initiator, torch bearer, incendiary, agitator, troublemaker
Other readings:
火つけ役【ひつけやく】
noun, no-adjective
•
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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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】