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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 役 |
えき |
(n) war; campaign; battle |
217 |
| 役 |
やく |
(n,n-suf) use; service; role; position |
217 |
| 取締役 |
とりしまりやく |
(n) company director; board member |
1701 |
| 役割 |
やくわり |
(n) part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties |
1728 |
| 現役 |
げんえき |
(n) active duty; active service |
1957 |
| 市役所 |
しやくしょ |
(n) municipal office; council; city hall |
2499 |
| 仮 |
か |
(suf) tentative; provisional |
2615 |
| 仮 |
かり |
(adj-no,n) temporary; provisional; informal; unauthorized; fleeting; assumed (name); interim; acting |
2615 |
| 仮面 |
かめん |
(n) (1) mask; (2) disguise |
2885 |
| 役場 |
やくば |
(n) town hall |
3198 |
| 主役 |
しゅやく |
(n) leading part; leading actor (actress) |
3706 |
| 仮名 |
かな |
(n) (uk) Japanese syllabary (alphabets); kana |
4929 |
| 仮名 |
かめい |
(n) alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; (NB the karina reading is the origin of the word `kana') |
4929 |
| 仮名 |
かりな |
(ok) (n) alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; (NB the karina reading is the origin of the word `kana') |
4929 |
| 仮名 |
けみょう |
(ok) (n) alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; (NB the karina reading is the origin of the word `kana') |
4929 |
| 役員 |
やくいん |
(n) officer; official; executive; staff |
5147 |
| 役者 |
やくしゃ |
(n) actor; actress |
5220 |
| 子役 |
こやく |
(n) dramatic role for child; child actor |
5223 |
| 区役所 |
くやくしょ |
(n) ward office; council (regional) |
5315 |
| 役職 |
やくしょく |
(n) post; managerial position; official position |
5829 |
| 仮想 |
かそう |
(n) imagination; supposition; potential (enemy) |
5921 |
| 退役 |
たいえき |
(n,vs) retiring from military service |
6177 |
| 仮称 |
かしょう |
(n) temporary name |
6419 |
| 仮説 |
かせつ |
(n) hypothesis; supposition; temporary; provisional; fictional |
6513 |
| 就役 |
しゅうえき |
(n,vs) placed in commission; entering servitude |
6733 |
| 悪役 |
あくやく |
(n) villain; baddie; the villain's part |
7077 |
| 懲役 |
ちょうえき |
(n) penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor |
7083 |
| 役目 |
やくめ |
(n) duty; business |
7422 |
| 代役 |
だいやく |
(n) important mission; heavy role; substitute actor; stand-in; double |
7427 |
| 仮に |
かりに |
(adv) temporarily; provisionally; for example; for argument's sake |
7628 |
| 役立つ |
やくだつ |
(v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose |
7922 |
| 仮定 |
かてい |
(n,vs) assumption; supposition; hypothesis |
8239 |
| 役所 |
やくしょ |
(n) government office; public office |
9049 |
| 戦役 |
せんえき |
(n) war |
9422 |
| 役名 |
やくめい |
(n) official title |
9638 |
| 脇役 |
わきやく |
(n) supporting role (actor); minor role |
9769 |
| 兵役 |
へいえき |
(n) military service; conscription |
10164 |
| 役柄 |
やくがら |
(n) role |
10179 |
| 役務 |
えきむ |
(n) labor; service |
10187 |
| 役に立つ |
やくにたつ |
(v5t) to be helpful; to be useful |
10197 |
| 役人 |
やくにん |
(n) government official |
10883 |
| 平仮名 |
ひらがな |
(n) hiragana; 47 syllables; the cursive syllabary |
11400 |
| 仮設 |
かせつ |
(n) hypothesis; supposition; temporary; provisional; fictional |
11669 |
| 片仮名 |
かたかな |
(n) katakana |
11796 |
| 相談役 |
そうだんやく |
(n) counselor; adviser |
12005 |
| 一役 |
いちやく |
an office; an important office |
13439 |
| 一役 |
ひとやく |
(n) a part to play |
13439 |
| 助役 |
じょやく |
(n) assistant official |
13543 |
| 男役 |
おとこやく |
(n) male part or role |
13595 |
| 荷役 |
にえき |
(n) handling cargo; loading and unloading |
13716 |
| 荷役 |
にやく |
(n) handling cargo; loading and unloading |
13716 |
| 仮装 |
かそう |
(n) disguise; masquerade; fancy dress; converted (cruiser) |
14086 |
| 配役 |
はいやく |
(n) cast (of a play) |
14243 |
| 仮名遣い |
かなづかい |
(n) kana orthography; syllabary spelling |
14612 |
| 服役 |
ふくえき |
(n) penal servitude; military service |
14784 |
| 使役 |
しえき |
(n,vs) employing; using; setting to work; enslavement |
15679 |
| 敵役 |
かたきやく |
(n) role of the villain; the bad guy |
15907 |
| 敵役 |
てきやく |
(n) role of the villain; the bad guy |
15907 |
| 重役 |
おもやく |
(n) heavy responsibilities; director |
16439 |
| 重役 |
じゅうやく |
(n) director; high executive |
16439 |
| 端役 |
はやく |
(n) minor role |
16546 |
| 共役 |
きょうえき |
(math) conjugation |
17058 |
| 役回り |
やくまわり |
(n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty |
18406 |
| 仮処分 |
かりしょぶん |
(n) temporary measures |
19211 |
| 役立てる |
やくだてる |
(v1) to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account |
19693 |
| 村役場 |
むらやくば |
(n) village office |
20278 |
| 軍役 |
ぐんえき |
(n) military service |
22840 |
| 軍役 |
ぐんやく |
(n) military service |
22840 |
| 仮釈放 |
かりしゃくほう |
(n) release on parole |
22890 |
| 夫役 |
ぶえき |
(n) slave labour; compulsory service; forced labor; exacted service |
24217 |
| 夫役 |
ぶやく |
(n) slave labour; compulsory service; forced labor; exacted service |
24217 |
| 仮題 |
かだい |
(n) a tentative title |
24495 |
| 仮屋 |
かりや |
(n) temporary residence or shelter |
24551 |
| 労役 |
ろうえき |
(n) work; labor; toil |
24915 |
| 仮死 |
かし |
(n) asphyxiation; apparent death |
25113 |
| 顔役 |
かおやく |
(n) influential man; boss |
25358 |
| 万葉仮名 |
まんようがな |
(n) early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically |
26001 |
| 大役 |
たいやく |
(n) important task or role or duty |
26398 |
| 仮託 |
かたく |
(n) pretext; pretense |
27521 |
| 雑役 |
ざつえき |
(n) chore; odd job |
27521 |
| 仮眠 |
かみん |
(n,vs) nap; doze |
27703 |
| 同役 |
どうやく |
(n) colleague |
28681 |
| 仮性 |
かせい |
(n) false (symptoms) |
29962 |
| 仮数 |
かすう |
(n) mantissa |
30195 |
| 守役 |
もりやく |
(n) a nurse or nanny; guardian |
30433 |
| 仮免許 |
かりめんきょ |
(n) temporary license |
30969 |
| 賦役 |
ふえき |
(n) slave labour; compulsory service; forced labor; exacted service |
31368 |
| 賦役 |
ぶやく |
(n) slave labour; compulsory service; forced labor; exacted service |
31368 |
| 仮借 |
かしゃ |
(n) borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to convey a certain term |
32361 |
| 仮借 |
かしゃく |
(n) borrowing; pardon; extenuation; characters substituted for others of the same sound |
32361 |
| 仮病 |
けびょう |
(n) feigned illness |
32648 |
| 上役 |
うわやく |
(n) superior; senior |
32784 |
| パイプ役 |
パイプやく |
mediator |
32964 |
| 憎まれ役 |
にくまれやく |
(n) thankless role; ungracious part |
36169 |
| 下役 |
したやく |
(n) underling; subordinate official |
36884 |
| 難役 |
なんやく |
(n) difficult role |
36884 |
| 公役 |
こうえき |
(n) public service |
37405 |
| 役宅 |
やくたく |
(n) government housing for officials |
37405 |
| 汚れ役 |
よごれやく |
(n) socially undesirable characters |
37706 |
| 老け役 |
ふけやく |
(n) (theatrical) role of old person |
38001 |
| 苦役 |
くえき |
(n) hard toil |
38280 |
| 能役者 |
のうやくしゃ |
(n) noh actor |
38280 |
| 聞き役 |
ききやく |
(n) listener's role |
38280 |
| 在役 |
ざいえき |
(n) in prison; in the military |
39227 |
| 仮住まい |
かりずまい |
(n) temporary residence |
39571 |
| 小役人 |
こやくにん |
(n) petty official |
39571 |
| 旅役者 |
たびやくしゃ |
(n) itinerant entertainer or troupe |
40263 |
| 町役人 |
まちやくにん |
(n) municipal official |
40619 |
| 免役 |
めんえき |
(n) release from office; military service, or prison |
40619 |
| 仮親 |
かりおや |
(n) adopted parents; temporarily assumed parents |
41039 |
| 虚仮 |
こけ |
(n) folly; fool |
41039 |
| 初役 |
はつやく |
(n) first role |
41039 |
| 千両役者 |
せんりょうやくしゃ |
(n) star (actor); prima donna; leading figure |
41904 |
| 相役 |
あいやく |
(n) colleague |
41904 |
| 側役 |
そばやく |
(n) personal attendant |
41904 |
| 用役 |
ようえき |
(n) service |
41904 |
| 仮寓 |
かぐう |
(n) temporary residence |
42893 |
| 仮初 |
かりそめ |
(io) (adj-na,n) temporariness; transience; trifle; negligence |
42893 |
| 三役 |
さんやく |
(n) three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc) |
42893 |
| 役得 |
やくとく |
(n) emoluments; perquisite; side benefit |
42893 |
| 仮宮 |
かりみや |
(n) temporary shrine |
43447 |
| 仮調印 |
かりちょういん |
(n) initialling (pact) |
43447 |
| 仮縫い |
かりぬい |
(n) temporary sewing; basting |
43447 |
| 適役 |
てきやく |
(n) suitable post or role |
43447 |
| 立て役者 |
たてやくしゃ |
(n) leading actor |
43447 |
| 仮令 |
たとい |
(adv,n) example; even if; if; though; although |
44061 |
| 仮令 |
たとえ |
(adv,n) example; even if; if; though; although |
44061 |
| 仮泊 |
かはく |
(n) emergency anchoring |
44709 |
| 役牛 |
えきぎゅう |
(n) work cow; work cattle |
44709 |
| 役付き |
やくつき |
(n) holding a position of responsibility |
44709 |
| 役付き |
やくづき |
(n) holding a position of responsibility |
44709 |
| 仮寝 |
かりね |
(n) siesta; nap; catnap; stopping at an inn |
46248 |
| 草仮名 |
そうがな |
(n) cursive hiragana |
46248 |
| 役儀 |
やくぎ |
(n) role; duty; responsibility |
46248 |
| 役僧 |
やくそう |
(n) priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties |
46248 |
| 役畜 |
えきちく |
(n) beasts of burden |
46248 |
| 仮植 |
かしょく |
(n) temporary planting |
47205 |
| 牢役人 |
ろうやくにん |
(n) (Edo-period) jail warden |
47205 |
| 仮作 |
かさく |
(n) a fiction |
48294 |
| 仮払金 |
かりばらいきん |
(n) temporary advance (of money) |
48294 |
| 役向き |
やくむき |
(n) nature of one's position |
48294 |
| 役不足 |
やくぶそく |
(adj-na,n) dissatisfaction with one's position |
48294 |
| 仮の世 |
かりのよ |
(n) this transient world |
49657 |
| 仮睡 |
うたたね |
(n) nap; siesta |
49657 |
| 仮睡 |
かすい |
(n) nap; siesta |
49657 |
| 仮葬 |
かそう |
(n) temporary burial |
49657 |
| 仮綴 |
かりとじ |
(n) temporary (paper) binding |
49657 |
| 傍役 |
わきやく |
(n) supporting role (actor); minor role |
49657 |
| 役替え |
やくがえ |
(n) change of post |
49657 |
| と仮定して |
とかていして |
assuming that...; supposing that... |
51560 |