| YAKU |
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Your role is to go to the game and throw a ball at a YAK (FYI you are in the human/animal baseballympics) |
| やく |
a role. Use this about actors (役を演ずる： play a role!) Also used about businessmen who hold a certain post of position. That's right: post or position, not just role.
★★★☆☆ |
| 役に立つ |
to work like it's supposed to
★★★☆☆
to be useful, to work like it's supposed to (used about things, not humans) |
| 役割 |
role
★★★☆☆
KUNKUN
role, but more general and figurative than just 役（やく）。 Gay dudes who are top or bottom - that's 役割。 If your role is 'the black sheep of the family," that's 役割。 The guy in the boy-band who is "the edgy one." The person on the reality -tv show who is "the crazy one." The verb is 果たす（はたす）, as in XXX の役割を果たす（ to play the role of XXX) |
| 役人 |
bureaucrat
★★★☆☆
ABU
a petty bureaucrat ass-grower like at the DMV. These are almost as unpopular in Japan as they are in the West, so maybe don't ask someone "Are you a 役人?" to their face. |
| Meaning | Hint | Radical | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 役 | role | THROW |  |
| 径 | diameter | DUMP |  |
The pitcher's role is to THROW,
but if you gotta expand your sphincter's diameter, you gotta TAKE A DUMP .
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bureaucrat
官僚 役人 |
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helpful, convenient
役に立つ 便利 都合がいい |
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role
役 役割 |
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