役
ヤク • エキ
duty; war; campaign; drafted labor; office; service; role
Words
花形役者
はながたやくしゃ
- leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer n yoji
名題役者
なだいやくしゃ
- chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe n yoji
緞帳役者
どんちょうやくしゃ
- low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater n yoji
諸役御免
しょやくごめん
- being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist government n yoji
重役出勤
じゅうやくしゅっきん
- arriving at work late as if one were an executive; management attendance at work n vs joc yoji