役 (やく) — role, duty

役やく role

Frequency #937 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 3 1 character noun

yaku

やく

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. やく[2] odaka 尾高

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Meanings

role
duty

Explained in simple Japanese

みんなの中(なか)で、その人(ひと)がすることになったしごと。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

やく役 duty

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Words with 役 (24)

役(やく)割(わり) yakuwari role 役(やく)立(だ)つ yakudatsu to be useful 役(やく)に立(た)つ yakunitatsu to be useful 役(やく)員(いん) yakuin board member 取(とり)締(しまり)役(やく) torishimariyaku company director 現(げん)役(えき) geneki active duty 役(やく)所(しょ) yakusho government office 主(しゅ)役(やく) shuyaku leading role

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Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 役 (24)

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