| 役 | やく | 1: use; service; role; 2: post; position; 3: scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand |
| 役 | えき | 1: war; campaign; battle; 2: unpaid work |
| 子役 | こやく | dramatic role for child; child actor |
| 役場 | やくば | town hall |
| 役目 | やくめ | duty; business; role |
| 役夫 | えきふ | laborer; labourer |
| 役務 | えきむ | labor; labour; service |
| 課役 | かえき | distribution of assignments |
| 加役 | かやく | temporary extra work |
| 苦役 | くえき | hard toil |
| 使役 | しえき | 1: employing; using; setting to work; enslavement; 2: causative (verb, etc.) |
| 手役 | てやく | hand of cards which scores as it is |
| 荷役 | にえき | handling cargo; loading and unloading |
| 荷役 | にやく | handling cargo; loading and unloading |
| 端役 | はやく | minor role |
| 賦役 | ふえき | slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service |
| 夫役 | ぶえき | slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service |
| 夫役 | ぶやく | slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service |
| 賦役 | ぶやく | slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service |
| 無役 | むやく | 1: lacking a role; lacking responsibilities; 2: duty-free; tax-free |
| 役儀 | やくぎ | role; duty; responsibility |
| 悪役 | あくやく | villain; baddie; the villain's part |
| 現役 | げんえき | active duty; active service |
| 三役 | さんやく | three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.) |
| 主役 | しゅやく | leading part; leading actor (actress) |
| 助役 | じょやく | assistant official |
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