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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
初 はつ (adj-no,n,n-suf) first; new 239
当初 とうしょ (n-adv,n-t) at first 423
最初 さいしょ (adj-no,n-adv,n-t) beginning; outset; first; onset 521
初期 しょき (adj-no,n) (1) early (days); initial stage; (2) (computer) initial 713
初代 しょだい (n) first generation; founder 720
初めて はじめて (adv,n) for the first time 814
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
初版 しょはん (n) first edition 2729
初め はじめ (n-adv,n-t) beginning; start; origin 3104
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
初頭 しょとう (n-adv,n-t) beginning 3504
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
初演 しょえん (n) first performance 3879
初回 しょかい (n) first time 4127
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
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
初出 しょしゅつ (n) first appearance 6897
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
初心者 しょしんしゃ (n) beginner 7543
役立つ やくだつ (v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 7922
初等 しょとう (n) elementary; primary 7929
初戦 しょせん (n) first match (in a series) 8583
初恋 はつこい (n) first love; puppy love 8899
役所 やくしょ (n) government office; public office 9049
初日 しょにち (n-adv,n-t) first or opening day 9288
初日 はつひ (n) New Year's Day sunrise 9288
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
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
初級 しょきゅう (n) elementary level 13810
初夏 しょか (n) early summer 14184
配役 はいやく (n) cast (of a play) 14243
初舞台 はつぶたい (n) debut; initial stage appearance 14677
服役 ふくえき (n) penal servitude; military service 14784
初旬 しょじゅん (n-adv,n) first 10 days of the month 15448
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
初速 しょそく (n) (physics) initial velocity 15972
初詣 はつもうで (n) first temple visit of New Year 16015
重役 おもやく (n) heavy responsibilities; director 16439
重役 じゅうやく (n) director; high executive 16439
初段 しょだん (n) lowest grade; first grade 16460
端役 はやく (n) minor role 16546
初年 しょねん (n-adv,n-t) first year; early years (of a reign or era) 16822
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
初対面 しょたいめん (n) first meeting; first interview with 17195
年初 ねんしょ (n-adv,n) beginning of the year; New Year's greetings 17636
初音 はつね (n) first warbling heard in a New Year 17994
初号 しょごう (n) first number issue of a magazine 18299
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
初陣 ういじん (n) first campaign; one's first battle 19141
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
初乗り はつのり (n) first ride 20854
太初 たいしょ (n) beginning of the world 21087
原初 げんしょ (n) origin(al); source; first 21530
初歩 しょほ (adj-no,n) elements; rudiments; ABC's of.. 21927
初場所 はつばしょ (n) first day of a sumo tournament; New Year's sumo tournament 22804
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
初春 しょしゅん (n) early spring; New Year 23235
初春 はつはる (n) early spring; New Year 23235
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
労役 ろうえき (n) work; labor; toil 24915
初球 しょきゅう (n) pitcher's first pitch (to batter) 25041
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
初老 しょろう (n) middle-aged; aging; age 40 25630
見初める みそめる (v1) to see for the first time; to fall in love at first sight 26157
初心 しょしん (adj-na,n) original intention; initial resolution 26398
初日の出 はつひので (exp) first sunrise (of New Year) 26398
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
初夜 しょや (n) first night; first watch of the night; bridal night 27433
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
初子 ういご (n) first child 27901
初子 はつご (n) first child 27901
初雪 はつゆき (n) first snow (of season) 27901
初秋 しょしゅう (n) early autumn 28487
初発 しょはつ (n) start; first departure 28567
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
初夢 はつゆめ (n) year's first dream 29410
本初 ほんしょ (n-adv,n-t) beginning; origin; start 30195
守役 もりやく (n) a nurse or nanny; guardian 30433
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
初婚 しょこん (n) first marriage 31648
初冬 しょとう (n-adv,n) early winter; 10th lunar month 31648
初手 しょて (n) beginning; start 32361
上役 うわやく (n) superior; senior 32784
パイプ役 パイプやく mediator 32964
初める そめる (aux-v,v1) to begin to 34381
馴れ初め なれそめ (n) start of a romance; beginning of love 34580
初潮 しょちょう (n) first menstruation 34761
初生 しょせい (n) firstborn; first-produced; newborn 34955
初孫 ういまご (n) first grandchild 35139
初孫 はつまご (n) first grandchild 35139
初々しい ういういしい (adj) innocent; artless; unsophisticated 35577
初犯 しょはん (n) first offense; first offender 35968
憎まれ役 にくまれやく (n) thankless role; ungracious part 36169
初診 しょしん (n) initial medical examination 36396
下役 したやく (n) underling; subordinate official 36884
難役 なんやく (n) difficult role 36884
初穂 はつほ (n) first ears of rice or crops or harvest of the season 37130
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
初盆 はつぼん (n) first obon following the death of a family member 38888
書き初め かきぞめ (n) New Year's writing (resolution) 38888
在役 ざいえき (n) in prison; in the military 39227
初志 しょし (n) original intention 39571
初物 はつもの (n) first produce of the season 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
初役 はつやく (n) first role 41039
出初め でぞめ (n,vs) debut 41444
初荷 はつに (n) first cargo of the year 41904
初耳 はつみみ (n) something heard for the first time 41904
千両役者 せんりょうやくしゃ (n) star (actor); prima donna; leading figure 41904