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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
先 さき (adj-no,n,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); (3) destination; (4) the first priority; the future; objective; sequel; remainder; the other party 706
先 せん (adj-no,n) the future; priority; precedence; former; previous; old; late 706
先代 せんだい (n) family predecessor; previous age; previous generation 1082
先生 せんせい (n) teacher; master; doctor 1598
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
優先 ゆうせん (n,vs) preference; priority 3076
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
先頭 せんとう (n) head; lead; vanguard; first 3333
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
先輩 せんぱい (n) senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer 3732
先行 せんこう (n,vs) preceding; going first 3844
先端 せんたん (n) pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge 4118
先発 せんぱつ (n,vs) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead 4569
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
先住民 せんじゅうみん (n) former inhabitant 5598
役職 やくしょく (n) post; managerial position; official position 5829
先進 せんしん (n) seniority; advance; leadership 6068
退役 たいえき (n,vs) retiring from military service 6177
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
祖先 そせん (n) ancestor 7196
先立つ さきだつ (v5t) to lead; to precede; to die before someone; to go before; to take precedence 7264
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
先祖 せんぞ (n) ancestor 7463
先駆 せんく (n) (1) forerunner; pioneer; outrider; precursor; (2) herald; (3) pilot car 7827
役立つ やくだつ (v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 7922
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
先駆ける さきがける (v1) to be the first 11304
行き先 いきさき (n) (1) destination; (2) whereabouts; address 11742
行き先 ゆきさき (n) (1) destination; (2) whereabouts; address 11742
相談役 そうだんやく (n) counselor; adviser 12005
先駆け さきがけ (n) charging ahead of others; the first to charge; pioneer; forerunner; harbinger 12236
先制 せんせい (n,vs) preempt; headstart (of several runs) (baseball) 12944
最先端 さいせんたん (adj-no,n) ultra-fine 13167
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
先手 さきて (n) front lines; vanguard 13625
先手 せんて (n) (1) the first move; forestalling; initiative; (2) black player (shogi) 13625
荷役 にえき (n) handling cargo; loading and unloading 13716
荷役 にやく (n) handling cargo; loading and unloading 13716
配役 はいやく (n) cast (of a play) 14243
先物 さきもの (n) futures 14727
服役 ふくえき (n) penal servitude; military service 14784
先鋒 せんぽう (n) advance guard 15431
使役 しえき (n,vs) employing; using; setting to work; enslavement 15679
先天 せんてん (n) inherent; innate 15714
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
真っ先 まっさき (n) the head; the foremost; beginning 15925
手先 てさき (n) fingers 16065
先史 せんし (n) prehistory 16294
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
出先 でさき (n) destination 16594
先導 せんどう (n) guidance; leadership 16770
指先 ゆびさき (n) fingertip 16822
矢先 やさき (n) arrowhead; brunt; target 16857
先勝 さきがち (n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game 16880
先勝 せんかち (n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game 16880
先勝 せんしょう (n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game 16880
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
先取 せんしゅ (n,vs) earning the first (runs); preoccupation 17127
先鋭 せんえい (adj-na,n) radical; acute; sharp 18406
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
先々 さきざき (n-adv,n-t) formerly; a few years ago 18441
先々 まま well, well 18441
先回り さきまわり (n) going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another 18512
先例 せんれい (n) precedent 18538
率先 そっせん (n) taking the initiative 18538
先んじる さきんじる (v1) to precede; to forestall; to anticipate 19044
先着 せんちゃく (n) first arrival 19044
先天的 せんてんてき (adj-na,n) a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary 19443
役立てる やくだてる (v1) to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account 19693
先陣 せんじん (n) vanguard; advance guard 20004
先任 せんにん (n) seniority; predecessor 20200
先取り さきどり (n,vs) receiving in advance; taking before others 20278
村役場 むらやくば (n) village office 20278
先負 さきまけ (n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided 20360
先負 せんぶ (n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided 20360
先負 せんぷ (n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided 20360
先負 せんまけ (n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided 20360
先ず まず (adv) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; hardly (with neg. verb); anyway; well; now 20897
先攻 せんこう (n) batting first 21087
宛先 あてさき (n) address; destination 21397
春先 はるさき (n-adv,n-t) beginning of spring 21489
先見 せんけん (n) foresight; anticipation 22687
先送り さきおくり (n) postpone 22687
先鞭 せんべん (n) initiative; pioneering 22749
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
先帝 せんてい (n) the late emperor 23186
先週 せんしゅう (n-adv,n-t) last week; the week before 23295
旅先 たびさき (n) destination; goal 23345
先人 せんじん (n) predecessor; pioneer; ancestor 23520
矛先 ほこさき (n) point of spear; aim of attack; force of argument 23686
先日 せんじつ (n-adv,n-t) the other day; a few days ago 24080
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
先住 せんじゅう (n) previous priest or resident 24777
先入観 せんにゅうかん (n) preconception; prejudice; preoccupation 24777
労役 ろうえき (n) work; labor; toil 24915
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
先方 さきかた the person in front; companion 25491
先方 せんぽう (n) other party (side); he; she; they; destination 25491
先遣 せんけん (n,vs) sending ahead 25630
先行き さきいき (n) the future 26001
先行き さきゆき (n) the future 26001
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
急先鋒 きゅうせんぽう (n) van (of a movement) 26578
先王 せんおう (n) the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings 26578
先王 せんのう (n) the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings 26578
先妻 せんさい (n) former wife; late wife 26578
刃先 はさき (n) edge of blade 26817
先達 せんだち (n) guide; leader; pioneer 26893
先達 せんだつ (n) guide; leader; pioneer 26893
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
爪先 つまさき (n) tiptoe 28200
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
目先 めさき (n) near future; immediate; before one 28975
鼻先 はなさき (n) tip of nose 29086
穂先 ほさき (n) tip of an ear 29086
庭先 にわさき (n) in the garden 29316
軒先 のきさき (n) edge of the eaves; house frontage 29410
水先 みずさき (n) direction of a current; course of a ship 29632
先月 せんげつ (n-adv,n-t) last month 30069
先だって せんだって (n-adv,n-t) recently; the other day 30195
剣先 けんさき (n) point of a sword 30308
先払い さきばらい (n) advance payment; payment on delivery; forerunner 30308
店先 みせさき (n) store front 30308