役割

Japanese

Kanji in this term
役	割
やく Grade: 3	わ(り) Grade: 6
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
役割り

Etymology

From 役 (yaku, “service, work, role”) and 割り (wari), the noun form of 割る (waru, “to divide”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やくわり [yàkúwárí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) やくわり [yàkúwáꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) やくわり [yàkúwáríꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟β̞a̠ɾʲi]

Noun

役(やく)割(わり) • (yakuwari)

role
Synonyms: 役 (yaku), 役目 (“yakume”)

各人(かくじん)の役割(やくわり)をきちんと果(は)たすことが重(じゅう)要(よう)だ。
Kakujin no yakuwari o kichin to hatasu koto ga jūyō da.
Each must fulfill his or her own obligations.

Derived terms

役割(やくわり)語(ご) (yakuwarigo)

Descendants

Korean: 역할 (役割, yeokhal, “role, part”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
役	割

Noun

役割 • (yeokhal) (hangeul 역할)

hanja form^? of 역할

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