Keyword
role
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig949
Readings
やく
(93%)
えき
(6%)
Composed of
stand still
weapon
Mnemonic

Your role in this movie is simple — just stand still with this weapon, and look pretty! That's it. You're only an extra, so we only need you as background.

Used in vocabulary (337 in total)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to be helpful; to be useful
duty; role; function
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
government official
villain; baddie; the villain's part
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
government office; public office
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
(public) duty
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
municipal office; council; city hall
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
to be helpful; to be useful
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
role; part; duty
supporting role (actor); minor role
mediator; manager; caretaker
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
cast (of a play)
useless; deadhead
to take on a role; to take part
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
town hall
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
military campaign; battle; war
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
company director; board member
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
retiring from military service
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
influential man; boss
listener's role
person standing watch; guard duty
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
dramatic role for child; child actor
ward office; council (regional)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
opposing role; partner
military service; conscription
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
suitable post or role
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
role of the villain; the bad guy
minor role; small part
study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)
dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role); not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen; tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)
board or officer's meeting
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)
work; labor; labour; toil
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
male part or role
double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats
auditor; inspector
village office; local administration office in a village
bureaucratic routine; red tape
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
underling; subordinate official
life imprisonment; imprisonment for life; indefinite imprisonment
coordinator; coordinating role
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
assistant official
taster for poison
service in the first reserve
moderator; host; chairman
yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
official title
military service
job title; name of one's position
three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
chore; odd job
nurse; nanny; guardian
to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)
operating officer; company executive
taster for poison
jail sentence; imprisonment
government housing for officials
double role
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
handling cargo; loading and unloading
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
lacking a role; lacking a post; lacking a position; duty-free; tax-free
scoring combination in one's dealt hand (i.e. at the start of a game); meld in a starting hand
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
assistant; right-hand man; subordinate; (lit.) wifely role
public service
holding a position of responsibility
labor; labour; service
role; duty; responsibility
placed in commission; entering servitude
female role (e.g. in film); female part; occupation deemed fit for a woman; passive role in a male homosexual relationship
host; toastmaster
(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task
war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryo system); (arch.) forced labor
role; part; duty
to be appointed to a post; to assume office
small part (e.g. in a film); bit part; extra
star (actor); prima donna; leading figure
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
well-suited role
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
(public) duty
of no avail; useless
petty (minor) official (derogatory term)
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
personal attendant
clerk; secretary; scribe; copyist
student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
initiator; instigator; flagman; leader
female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)
leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties
by virtue of one's office; in the nature of one's duties
to set (citizens) to work; to employ (by force); to use
itinerant entertainer or troupe
actor print; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors
attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid
excellent supporting role; outstanding supporting actor
auditor (Edo period); examiner; inquisitor; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)
stage favorite; stage favourite; star
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
leading male role in kabuki
working generation; people still working
officer's compensation or remuneration
successful role
firefighter (Edo period); problem-solver; troubleshooter; relief pitcher; reliever
supporting role (actor); minor role
change of post
(putting on the) airs of an official
distribution of assignments
yakuman from having at least 13 han
release from office; military service, or prison
temporary extra work
leading force; driving force; leader
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
compulsory military service
nature of one's position
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
first Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-93)
assistant (to section manager)
active player; player on the active list
managing director; president of a company (US)
difficult role
(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer
the Satsuma Rebellion
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
to assign a role to an actor
physical labor; physical labour; physical work; forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system)
the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor
(role of) heel (in wrestling, films, etc.); bad guy
three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary
value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles; winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor
laborer; labourer
working animal; draught animal; draft animal
petty (minor) official (derogatory term)
card that can be used to make a scoring combination
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
bureaucratism; bureaucratic nature
assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job
Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)
(the likes of) a mere actor
evading military service; draft dodging; draft evasion
beasts of burden
in prison; in the military
clerk; secretary; scribe; copyist
good actor who is inept in all other matters; demon for acting who is utterly indifferent to all other concerns; skilled actor who knows little of life; person who excels in one occupation (profession) but lacks simple common sense
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-5)
leading actor; protagonist
Military Service Law (1927-1945)
firefighter (Edo period); problem-solver; troubleshooter; relief pitcher; reliever
listener's role
to place someone in a position
prison labor; prison labour
substitute actor; stand-in; double
of no avail; useless
statute-labor service (ritsuryo period); socage
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
stage career; acting career
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
gender role; sex role
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid
former post; former occupant of the post
well-suited role
magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)
to relieve someone of the leading role
acting career; career as an actress
leading male role in kabuki
an office; an important office
bureaucratic routine; red tape
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater
service in the second reserve; military reserve force comprised of ex-servicemen
third-rate company director; executive in name only
(theatrical) role of old person
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
scoring combination made with captured cards; meld
prison labor camp; prison labour camp
directors' bonus; bonus allowances to company executives; officers' bonuses
scoring combination made with captured cards; meld
lucrative position
menstruation; menses; period
re-enlistment; second imprisonment
scoring combination in a dealt hand that becomes worth more at the end of the game if the player's total score is above 88
chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe
thankless role; ungracious part
well-suited role
referee officiating bouts of san'yaku ranked wrestlers
lucrative position
role and responsibility
the four top party executives (of the LDP)
supporting role (actor); minor role
wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank
skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world; (arch.) child kabuki actor
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
well-suited role
well-suited role
of no avail; useless
attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
leading actor; protagonist
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
to relieve someone of the leading role
scoring combination in a dealt hand that becomes worth more at the end of the game if the player's total score is above 88
temporary post
winning hand
carrying on a second line of work
draft exemption; exemption from conscription
work cow; work cattle
(member of one of) the top four ranks of sumo wrestlers
reparation in the form of service
to be deprived of one's role; to have one's livelihood taken away
winning hand with the score doubled twice
final three bouts on the last day of a tournament
ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament
former san'yaku-ranked wrestler returning to that rank
being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist government
characteristic temperament (spirit) of an actor
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
complex conjugate transpose (of a matrix)
moving gadget on a pachinko machine designed to add excitement to play
completely worthless; utterly useless
forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system)
labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryo system)
debt bondage (ritsuryo system); forced labor on failure to pay a debt
active and (first) reserve duty
contragradient method; conjugate gradient method; CG method
cheating by hiding a card one has been dealt (so that one can claim one wasn't dealt the correct number of cards)
points awarded for scoring combinations
draft refuser; draft objector
Shiyakushomae Station (Fukui)
Examples (200 in total)
The part of the queen does not suit her.
Was that helpful?
I wish I had not bought such a useless thing.