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Role Duty Part Post Position Leading Government Official

Kanji
Onyomi ヤク、エキ
Nanori ちゃく
English duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
Examples 役割(やくわり): part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
役(やく): (1) use; service; role (2) post; position (3) scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand
主役(しゅやく): leading part; leading actor (actress)
役所(やくしょ): government office; public office
役者(やくしゃ): actor; actress
役人(やくにん): government official
役目(やくめ): duty; business; role
役場(やくば): town hall
重役(じゅうやく): company director; top management; high executive; (person with) heavy responsibilities
役に立つ(やくにたつ): to be helpful; to be useful
役職(やくしょく): post; managerial position; official position
役立つ(やくだつ): to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 315
Components 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60)
殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79)
Number of Strokes 7
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 60
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading ぎょうにんべん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword duty
Koohii Story 1 Japanese kamikaze pilots (and the American from Dr. Strangelove) are so devoted to their duty that they go with their missiles.
Koohii Story 2 Imagine those poor saps in charge of nuclear silos, responsible for ICBMS, those towering column missiles. When the order comes they must decide whether to obey their concience or do their duty and damn the world to atomic annihilation.

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade3, kanjifreq251-500

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