役やく

やく yaku

use
service
role
position

noun

Chinese meanings

角色；职责

Examples

彼が重要な役を果たした。
He played an important part.
他发挥了重要作用。
Tatoeba #120162
彼の望みはハムレットの役を演じることです。
His ambition is to play the part of Hamlet.
他的愿望是扮演哈姆雷特。
Tatoeba #116129

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('396f83701d'); // 役

{
  "id": "396f83701d",
  "word": "役",
  "reading": "やく",
  "romaji": "yaku",
  "meanings": [
    "use",
    "service",
    "role",
    "position"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1537970,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼が重要な役を果たした。",
      "en": "He played an important part.",
      "tatoeba_id": 120162
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼の望みはハムレットの役を演じることです。",
      "en": "His ambition is to play the part of Hamlet.",
      "tatoeba_id": 116129
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "52ee9ceae2d3c93b26acc5273b6322c7dcb188e07d7eb54a134163feedab25d3",
    "meanings": [
      "角色",
      "职责"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼が重要な役を果たした。",
        "zh": "他发挥了重要作用。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼の望みはハムレットの役を演じることです。",
        "zh": "他的愿望是扮演哈姆雷特。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/396f83701d",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1537970; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b1b8608bdccac0f8f05457ddf9d58f93f3d31d5e21c82855b02dc304127cd6e2"
  }
}