Word Meaning 役割

やくわり yakuwari

役割 is read as やくわり (yakuwari) and means part.

Meaning

English

  1. part
  2. assigning (allotment of) parts
  3. role
  4. duties

Reading

Kana

やくわり

Romaji

yakuwari

Writing Variants

  • 役割り やくわり yakuwari

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 2806 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

役割理論

やくわりりろん

role theory

役割語

やくわりご

role language

役割を演じる

やくわりをえんじる

to carry out a role

役割を演ずる

やくわりをえんずる

to carry out a role

性役割

せいやくわり

gender role

意味役割

いみやくわり

semantic role

役割分担

やくわりぶんたん

division (distribution) of roles

役を割り振る

やくをわりふる

to assign a role to an actor

役割演技

やくわりえんぎ

role-playing

中心的役割

ちゅうしんてきやくわり

central role

性別役割分業

せいべつやくわりぶんぎょう

division of labor by gender role

Example Sentences

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She played a part in the women's lib movement.

Magic plays an important part in primitive society.

Repetition plays an important role in language study.

She has an important role in our organization.

Oil has played an important part in the progress of civilization.

I trust that China will go on to take a more active part.

Despite the importance of sleep, its purpose is a mystery.

Role-Language includes male and female collective nouns in Japanese.

The front wheel plays an important role in two-wheeled vehicles moving without falling over.

The role of the historian is less to discover and catalog documents than to interpret and explain them.