"役" meaning in Japanese

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Affix

IPA: [e̞kʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (えき)), eki [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 役 (MC ywek). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=えき}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|役|id=1}} 役 (MC ywek) Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix|えき}} 役(えき) • (eki)
  1. (archaic)
    duty; service
    Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-役-ja-affix-hfP4uCDe
  2. put to work, labor
    Sense id: en-役-ja-affix-44x7G2n0 Categories (other): Japanese affixes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 0 31 0 2 2 16 19 16 0 14 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 64 0 1 1 2 3 27 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 58 0 1 1 2 4 30 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 59 0 1 1 2 4 29 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 62 0 2 2 4 7 18 0 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 48 0 1 1 18 3 26 0 2
  3. war; battle
    Sense id: en-役-ja-affix-rtQo-Mnj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Character

Forms: Third grade kyōiku kanji [romanization]
  1. duty, office Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-役-ja-character-5LKpuWed Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese third grade kanji Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 29 36 35 Disambiguation of Japanese kyōiku kanji: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 10 0 24 29 26 5 3 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese third grade kanji: 27 34 39
  2. service Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-役-ja-character-nfawJqjG Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese third grade kanji Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 29 36 35 Disambiguation of Japanese kyōiku kanji: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 10 0 24 29 26 5 3 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese third grade kanji: 27 34 39
  3. role, part Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-役-ja-character-oHlrNM7H Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations, Japanese third grade kanji Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 29 36 35 Disambiguation of Japanese kyōiku kanji: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 10 0 24 29 26 5 3 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese third grade kanji: 27 34 39

Noun

IPA: [ja̠kɯ̟] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (やく)), yaku [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 役 (MC ywek). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=やく}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|役|id=1}} 役 (MC ywek) Head templates: {{ja-noun|やく}} 役(やく) • (yaku)
  1. role, service, use
    Sense id: en-役-ja-noun-DWew3aM9
  2. (card games, mahjong) hand, scoring combination Categories (topical): Card games, Mahjong
    Sense id: en-役-ja-noun-78eXxMr6 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 80 8 Topics: board-games, card-games, games, mahjong
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [e̞kʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (えき)), eki [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 役 (MC ywek). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=えき}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|役|id=1}} 役 (MC ywek) Head templates: {{ja-noun|えき}} 役(えき) • (eki)
  1. war; battle
    Sense id: en-役-ja-noun-rtQo-Mnj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: [ja̠kɯ̟] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (やく)), -yaku [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 役 (MC ywek). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=やく}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|役|id=1}} 役 (MC ywek) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|やく}} 役(やく) • (-yaku)
  1. playing the role of... Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-役-ja-suffix-ipAJi~JR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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    "Japanese kanji with kun reading えだち",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading つとめ",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading え",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading えん",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading えんの",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading おうこ",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading おうせ",
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Download raw JSONL data for 役 meaning in Japanese (8.4kB)

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}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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}

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