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Word of the Day

取(とり)締(しまり)役(やく)

Common

Rank #37,055

Found in 52 VNs · 446 total media

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Meanings

company director
board member

Pitch accent

とりしまりやく○

Forms

取締役

99.7%

取締り役

<0.1%

取り締まり役

<0.1%

とりしまりやく

<0.1%

Example Sentences

from Jiten

「同じく、株式会社取締役並びに観光事業部キラキラ課長紅星陽菜よ」

Source: LAMUNATION!

不動産部付きの取締役は、三丸からの出向組の寺川常務。

Source: The Most Forbidden Love in the World

「取締役の鳩翁殿には私から話を通しておく」

Source: Bakumatsu Jinchuu Houkoku Resshiden Miburo

Sentences with Translation

from Tatoeba

今回の取締役の人選は見事だ。

The company director elections were really something this time.

取締役の演説をどう思いますか。

What do you think about the president's speech?

専務取締役ご就任と聞き、大変喜ばしく思いました。

I was delighted to hear of your promotion to Senior Managing Director.

Kanji

取

take, fetch, take up

Heisig: take

N2Grade 38 strokes#56 freq

On'yomi

シュ

Kun'yomi

と.る、と.り、と.り-、とり、-ど.り

Common Compounds

受取(うけとり)receiving, receipt

取引(とりひき)transactions, dealings, business

取扱(とりあつかい)treatment, service, handling

取材(しゅざい)gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.), collecting information, covering (an event, incident, etc.)

取得(しゅとく)obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.), acquisition (of land, property, etc.), gaining possession (of)

書取(かきとり)writing down from other written material, writing kanji text from hiragana

搾取(さくしゅ)exploitation, bleeding dry, squeezing dry

採取(さいしゅ)picking, collecting, harvesting

締

Conjugations

Noun

Plain取締役だ

Is (plain)

Polite取締役です

Is (polite)

Negative取締役じゃない

Is not (plain)

Past取締役だった

Was (plain)

Past polite取締役でした

Was (polite)

Te-form取締役で

Connective

Conditional取締役なら(ば)

If it is

As subject取締役が

Subject marker

As topic取締役は

Topic marker

As object取締役を

Object marker

Possessive取締役の

Of / belonging to

Related VNDB Tags

Tags common across the top 50 VNs where this word appears most

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Word data and example sentences provided by Jiten.

Kanji details and compound words from KanjiAPI. Visual novel data from VNDB.

Dictionary data from JMdict, KANJIDIC, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence.

とりしまりやく○

Most found in

The Most Forbidden Love in the World

53 occurrences

Most found in

The Most Forbidden Love in the World

53 occurrences

tighten, tie, shut, lock, fasten

Heisig: tighten

N1Junior high15 strokes#890 freq

On'yomi

テイ

Kun'yomi

し.まる、し.まり、し.める、-し.め、-じ.め

Common Compounds

締切(しめきり)deadline, closing, cut-off

引締め(ひきしめ)tightening

取締役(とりしまりやく)company director, board member

取締り(とりしまり)control, management, supervision

閉まる(しまる)to be shut, to close, to be closed

締める(しめる)to tie, to fasten, to tighten

戸締まり(とじまり)locking up (doors and windows), fastening the doors

引き締る(ひきしまる)to become tense, to be tightened, to become firm (e.g. body)

役

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

Heisig: duty

N2Grade 37 strokes#296 freq

On'yomi

ヤク、エキ

Common Compounds

役人(やくにん)government official

役場(やくば)town hall

役所(やくしょ)government office, public office

兵役(へいえき)military service, conscription

懲役(ちょうえき)penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

脇役(わきやく)supporting role (actor), minor role

役目(やくめ)duty, role, function

主役(しゅやく)leading part, leading actor, leading actress

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