Jisho

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Words — 167 found

Noun
1. role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service
  • かれ
  • じゅうよう重要な
  • やく
  • 果たした
He played an important part.
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2. position (of responsibility); post; office
Noun
3. part (in a play, film, etc.); role; character
  • かれ彼の
  • のぞ望み
  • ハムレット
  • やく
  • えん演じる
  • こと
  • です
His ambition is to play the part of Hamlet.
Noun
4. scoring combination; hand; yaku; meldMahjong, Card games, Hanafuda
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Noun
1. (company) director; executive; top managementOnly applies to じゅうやく
Noun
2. important post; role with heavy responsibilities
Other forms
重役 【おもやく】
Notes
おもやく: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
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Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
1. leading part; leading actor; leading actress
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Noun
1. penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)See also 禁錮
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1. child actor; child actress
Noun
2. child's role (in a film, play, etc.); child's part
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Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
1. supporting role (actor); minor role
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傍役 【わきやく】わき役 【わきやく】
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Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1. penal servitude; serving time in prison
  • かれ彼の
  • むすこ息子
  • ふくえき服役
  • ちゅう
  • である
His son is serving his sentence.
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
2. military service
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
3. forced labor; compulsory service
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Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
1. retiring from military service
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Noun
1. casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast
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Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
1. active duty; active service
Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
2. student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first trySee also 浪人 ろうにん, often as 現役で
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Noun
1. substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
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Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
1. minor role; small part
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. setting (someone) to work; employment; using
Noun
2. causativeGrammar
  • じつ実は
  • 、「have
  • もくてきご目的語
  • done」
  • しえき使役
  • じゃない
  • ばあい場合
  • おお多い
Actually, there are many cases where 'have [object] done' is not causative.
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Kanji — 1 found

1.3739958562029733
7 strokes. JLPT N3. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3.
duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
On: ヤク エキ
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Names — 37 found

えき 【役】
Family or surname
1. Eki
えん 【役】
Family or surname
1. En
おおせ 【役】
Family or surname
1. Oose
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