역할

yeokhal

Vocab · 1 sense

role, part

Examples

물은 우리 몸에서 중요한 역할을 합니다.

Water plays an important role in our bodies.

When you'd hear it

Neutral and very common in both conversation and writing. It appears in workplace discussions, news, academic writing, and everyday statements such as 물은 우리 몸에서 중요한 역할을 합니다.

What learners get wrong

역할 is used for a role or function, while 부분 usually means a physical or abstract portion of something. For a character’s part in a film or play, 역할 is also the natural choice.

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