Word Meaning 三役

さんやく sanyaku

三役 is read as さんやく (sanyaku) and means three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.)
  2. three parts
  3. three divisions

Reading

Kana

さんやく

Romaji

sanyaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 10396 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三等重役

さんとうじゅうやく

third-rate company director

三役格

さんやくかく

referee officiating bouts of san'yaku ranked wrestlers

三文役者

さんもんやくしゃ

third-rate actor

新三役

しんさんやく

wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank

政務三役

せいむさんやく

three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary

これより三役

これよりさんやく

final three bouts on the last day of a tournament

返り三役

かえりさんやく

former san'yaku-ranked wrestler returning to that rank

三流

さんりゅう

third-rate

三次元

さんじげん

real world

三部

さんぶ

three parts

三選

さんせん

third-term election

三次

さんじ

tertiary