役 【ヤク】 role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job,
service, position (of responsibility), post, office, part (in a
play, film, etc.), role, character, scoring combination (in mahjong,
card games, etc.), meld, hand, yaku
役員 【ヤクイン】 director, executive, officer, official, person in charge
悪役 【アクヤク】 villain, baddie, the villain's part
大役 【タイヤク】 important task, important role, great duty, important
mission, major part (in a film, play, etc.), leading role,
high-scoring combination
役 【エキ】 war, campaign, battle, unpaid work (ritsuryo system), forced
labor
役務 【エキム】 labor, labour, service
荷役 【ニエキ】 handling cargo, loading and unloading
就役 【シュウエキ】 placed in commission, entering servitude |