EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    leading part; leading actor; leading actress

    ケイトは映画で主役を演じる機会を与えられました。
    Kate has been given an opportunity to play a major role in a movie.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

Kun
ぬしおもあるじ
On
シュシュウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
95 of 2500
Radical
dot
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

かずもん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-4, 2-2-3, 4-5-2SKIP code
4f1.1The Kanji Dictionary
0010.4Four corner code
472deroo
4e3bUnicode hex code
1-28-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
285Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
38New Nelson (John Haig)
1938New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2437Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1231Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1696Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
266Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
284Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
91A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
196Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
49Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
100Morohashi
299A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
155Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
155Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
237sakade
106Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
315henshall3
252Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
34crowley
70Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
19Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
272Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhu3Pinyin reading
juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role

On
ヤクエキ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
315 of 2500
Radical
step
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

ちゃく

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3i4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2724.7Four corner code
2068deroo
5f79Unicode hex code
1-44-82JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1598Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1726New Nelson (John Haig)
244New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
288Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
217Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
884Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
949Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
315A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
368Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
171Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10057Morohashi
397A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
375Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
376Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
324sakade
519Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
419henshall3
290Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
266crowley
609Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
620Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
893Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi4Pinyin reading
yeogKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level