Results, 役*
- 役に立つ☆【やくにたつ】役にたつ・やくに立つ Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to be helpful; to be useful
私のパソコンは何かの役に立つはずだ。 My computer has got to be useful for something.
- 役★【やく】
noun / suffix noun:
- use; service; role
- post; position
- scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand
本当にその俳優は他のどの俳優よりも上手にカウボーイの役をこなした。 The actor really played cowboy roles better than any other actor.
- 役所★【やくしょ】
noun:
- government office; public office
どの官庁もお役所主義にはまり込まないで、仕事のスピードアップをはかるという点において問題があるようだ。 Every government office seems to have problems in expediting matters without entanglement in its red tape system.
- 役人★【やくにん】
noun:
- government official
あの役人たちは全然、財政のことはわかっていない。 Those officials don't understand finance at all.
- 役立つ☆【やくだつ】役だつ Inflection
godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:
- to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
- 役立てる☆【やくだてる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
- 役所仕事【やくしょしごと】
noun:
- red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling - four character idiom
この手続きにはお役所仕事がだいぶからんでいます。 There's a lot of red tape involved in this procedure.
- 役割分担【やくわりぶんたん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing - four character idiom
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