Entry
  1. Noun

    thankless role; ungracious part

    わざわざ憎まれ役を買って出るようだが、でも一つ聞きたいね。期待しているような客がもし一人もいなかったらどうすればいいんだ。
    I may be playing the devil's advocate, but I have to ask, what are we going to do if we don't get all the customers we expect?
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hate, detest

Kun
にく.むにく.いにく.らしいにく.しみ
On
ゾウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1808 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 47

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
4k11.7The Kanji Dictionary
9806.6Four corner code
1178deroo
618eUnicode hex code
1-33-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1757Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1969New Nelson (John Haig)
687New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
845Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
489Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
626Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
626Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
673Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1775A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1217Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11188PMorohashi
1532A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1365Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1452Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
548Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1704Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1462Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
828Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
633Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zeng1Pinyin reading
jeungKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
47WaniKani 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