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N2 Noun

(やく)use, service, role, post, position, scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.), hand

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    A role played by an actor on stage, or a task assigned in a company.

    1. Noun

      1.

      role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service

    2. Noun

      2.

      position (of responsibility), post, office

    3. Noun

      3.

      part (in a play, film, etc.), role, character

    4. Noun

      4.

      scoring combination, hand, yaku, meld

      Mahjong, Card games, Hanafuda

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    役 【やく】

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      演者(えんじゃ)(やく)になりきる必要(ひつよう)がある。

      The actor needs to fully become the character.

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      (ぼく)会社(かいしゃ)部長(ぶちょう)という(やく)()いています。

      I hold the position of department manager at my company.

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      問屋(とんや)(やく)生産(せいさん)(しゃ)消費(しょうひ)(しゃ)(つな)げる(こと)である。

      The role of a wholesaler is to connect producers and consumers.

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      舞台(ぶたい)のオーディションで見事(みごと)姫様(ひめさま)(やく)()()りました。

      I successfully won the role of the princess in the audition for the stage play.

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      (だれ)よりも真面目(まじめ)(はたら)かない(かぎ)り、会社(かいしゃ)重要(じゅうよう)(やく)には()けないでしょう。

      Unless you work more seriously than anyone else, you probably won't be able to hold an important position in the company.

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