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さんやく
Meanings
Noun
1. three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.)
2. three parts; three divisions
Alt. forms
三さん役やく
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さんやく
Pitch accent
さ
んやく
Composed of
three; 3
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
referee officiating bouts of san'yaku ranked wrestlers
final three bouts on the last day of a tournament
ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament
wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank
former san'yaku-ranked wrestler returning to that rank
three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary