Vocab Info
N2 Noun
役use, service, role, post, position, scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.), hand
Dictionary Definition
Common
- Noun - 1. - role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service 
- 2. - position (of responsibility), post, office 
- 3. - part (in a play, film, etc.), role, character 
- 4. - scoring combination, hand, yaku, meld Mahjong, Card games, Hanafuda
 
All Forms
役 【やく】
Details
- や 
- く 
 
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Examples
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- 演者は役になりきる必要がある。 - The actor needs to fully become the character. - N2
 
- 僕は会社で部長という役に就いています。 - I hold the position of department manager at my company. - N2
 
- 問屋の役は生産者と消費者を繋げる事である。 - The role of a wholesaler is to connect producers and consumers. - N2
 
- 舞台のオーディションで見事お姫様の役を勝ち取りました。 - I successfully won the role of the princess in the audition for the stage play. - N2
 
- 誰よりも真面目に働かない限り、会社で重要な役には就けないでしょう。 - Unless you work more seriously than anyone else, you probably won't be able to hold an important position in the company. - N2
 
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