• 役やく

  role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service

• 役柄やくがら

  role

• 役場やくば

  town hall

• 役目やくめ

  duty, role, function

• 役人やくにん

  government official

• 役所やくしょ

  government office, public office

• 役職やくしょく

  post, official position

• 役割やくわり

  part, assigning (allotment of) parts, role, duties

• 役員やくいん

  director, executive

• 役者やくしゃ

  actor, actress

• 助役じょやく

  assistant official

• 服役ふくえき

  penal servitude, serving time in prison

• 現役げんえき

  active duty, active service

• 主役しゅやく

  leading part, leading actor, leading actress

• 退役たいえき

  retiring from military service

• 大役たいやく

  important task, important role, great duty, important mission

• 子役こやく

  child actor, child actress

• 懲役ちょうえき

  penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

• 代役だいやく

  substitute (actor), stand-in, fill-in, understudy, double

• 兵役へいえき

  military service, conscription

• 脇役わきやく

  supporting role (actor), minor role

• 悪役あくやく

  villain, baddie, the villain's part

• 配役はいやく

  casting (of a play, film, etc.), cast

• 三役さんやく

  three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.)

• 重役じゅうやく

  (company) director, executive, top management

• 役回りやくまわり

  role, part, job, assignment

• 役立つやくだつ

  to be useful, to be helpful, to serve the purpose

• 監査役かんさやく

  auditor, inspector

• 相談役そうだんやく

  counselor, counsellor, adviser, advisor

• 町役場まちやくば

  town hall

• 市役所しやくしょ

  municipal office, council, city hall

• 区役所くやくしょ

  ward office, council (regional)

• 取締役とりしまりやく

  company director, board member

• 役に立つやくにたつ

  to be helpful, to be useful

• 当たり役あたりやく

  successful role

• 取締役会とりしまりやくかい

  board of directors

• 火付け役ひつけやく

  instigator, originator, initiator, torch bearer, incendiary, agitator, troublemaker

• 役に立たないやくにたたない

  of no avail, useless

• 役えき

  war, campaign, battle

• 役夫えきふ

  laborer, labourer

• 役務えきむ

  labor, labour, service

• 役名やくめい

  official title

• 役牛えきぎゅう

  work cow, work cattle

• 役畜えきちく

  beasts of burden

• 役儀やくぎ

  role, duty, responsibility

• 役宅やくたく

  government housing for officials

• 役得やくとく

  perquisite, perk, side benefit, emoluments

• 役満やくマン

  yakuman, win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)

• 役代やくだい

  points awarded for scoring combinations

• 役僧やくそう

  priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties