やく

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

やく (romaji yaku)

1. 益: gain, benefit, profit, advantage
2. 厄: misfortune, evil, disaster
3. 役: use, service, role
4. 約: approximately
5. 薬: medicine (means medical drug, if pronounced yaku in a composite word. if not, illegal drug.)
6. 扼: command, dominate, obstruct

[edit] Verb

やく (godan conjugation, romaji yaku)

1. 焼く: to bake, to grill
2. 妬く: to be jealous of