Words
Words with 役
Kanji 役, meaning duty, appears in 300 Japanese vocabulary entries.
現役合格
げんえきごうかく
passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
歳役
さいえき
labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryō system)
宗門改役
しゅうもんあらためやく
magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)