Words containing 役

• 悪役 あくやく villain role, antagonist
• 上役 うわやく superior; boss; higher-up
• 女役 おんなやく female role; woman's part
• 顔役 かおやく influential person; local boss; prominent figure
• 監査役 かんさやく corporate auditor; statutory auditor
• 聞き役 ききやく listener; the role of listening
• 区役所 くやくしょ ward office; municipal office of a city ward
• 現役 げんえき active service; active duty; still active
• 指図役 さしずやく person who gives orders; director; person in charge
• 使役 しえき employment; putting to work; causative (grammar)
• 市役所 しやくしょ city hall, municipal office
• 進行役 しんこうやく facilitator; moderator; master of ceremonies; emcee
• 主役 しゅやく leading role, protagonist
• 相談役 そうだんやく advisor; counselor; consultant
• 重役 じゅうやく director; executive; board member
• 退役 たいえき retirement from military service; decommissioning
• 立役 たてやく leading male role; male protagonist (in kabuki)
• 懲役 ちょうえき imprisonment, penal servitude
• 調整役 ちょうせいやく coordinator; mediator; go-between
• つなぎ役 つなぎやく intermediary; go-between; bridge role
• 取締役 とりしまりやく company director, board member
• 取締役会 とりしまりやくかい board of directors
• 代役 だいやく stand-in; substitute; understudy
• 配役 はいやく casting; role assignment
• 端役 はやく minor role; bit part
• 引き立て役 ひきたてやく foil; supporting role that makes others look better
• 服役 ふくえき serving a prison sentence; imprisonment
• 兵役 へいえき military service; conscription
• 町役場 まちやくば town hall, town office
• 無期懲役 むきちょうえき life imprisonment; indeterminate imprisonment
• 村役場 むらやくば village office; village hall
• 名脇役 めいわきやく great supporting actor; excellent supporting player
• 役 やく role, part, duty
• 役員 やくいん executive; board member; officer
• 役柄 やくがら role; character; part
• 役者 やくしゃ actor
• 役所 やくしょ government office, municipal office
• 役職 やくしょく position; post; title
• 役立たず やくだたず good-for-nothing; useless person; incompetent
• 役立つ やくだつ to be useful, to be helpful
• 役立てる やくだてる to put to use, to make use of
• 役どころ やくどころ role; part (in a play or situation)
• 役に立つ やくにたつ to be useful, to be helpful
• 役人 やくにん government official, bureaucrat
• 役場 やくば town hall, public office
• 役目 やくめ duty, role, function
• 役割 やくわり role, part
• 役割分担 やくわりぶんたん division of roles, division of labor
• 役割を果たす やくわりをはたす to fulfill a role; to play one's part
• 役を演じる やくをえんじる to play a role; to act a part
• 有期懲役 ゆうきちょうえき fixed-term imprisonment; definite-term prison sentence
• 脇役 わきやく supporting role; supporting actor