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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
助 じょ (pref) help; rescue; assistant 2054
助 すけ (n) assistance 2054
市役所 しやくしょ (n) municipal office; council; city hall 2499
補助 ほじょ (n,vs) assistance; support; aid; auxiliary 2833
助ける たすける (v1) to help; to save; to rescue; to give relief to; to spare (life); to reinforce; to promote; to abet 3138
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
援助 えんじょ (n,vs) assistance; aid; support 3930
助手 じょしゅ (n) helper; helpmeet; assistant; tutor 4281
助手 すけて (n) helper; helpmeet; assistant; tutor 4281
助教授 じょきょうじゅ (n) assistant professor 4760
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
救助 きゅうじょ (n,vs) relief; aid; rescue 5846
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
助け たすけ (n) assistance 7108
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
助演 じょえん (n) co-star 7503
役立つ やくだつ (v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 7922
助言 じょげん (n) advice; suggestion 8151
助言 じょごん (n) advice; suggestion 8151
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
助監督 じょかんとく (n) assistant director (in taking professional movies) 9860
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
助詞 じょし (n) (gram) particle; postposition 12814
手助け てだすけ (n) a help 12893
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
助成 じょせい (n,vs) assisting; assistance; fostering; aiding 13701
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
助かる たすかる (v5r) to be saved; to be rescued; to survive; to be helpful 14658
服役 ふくえき (n) penal servitude; military service 14784
助長 じょちょう (n) promotion; fostering 14982
助動詞 じょどうし (n) auxiliary verb 15219
助っ人 すけっと (n) (col) helper; supporter; second; backer 15627
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
助力 じょりょく (n) assistance; support 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
助命 じょめい (n) sparing a life; clemency; reconsidering a dismissal 16880
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
助産 じょさん (n) midwifery 18644
扶助 ふじょ (n) aid; help; assistance; support 18701
助け出す たすけだす (v5s) to help out of (trouble); to extricate 19629
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
助走 じょそう (n) approach run (long jump) 21694
幇助 ほうじょ (n) assistance; backing 22687
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
介助 かいじょ (n,vs) helper; assistant; second 23919
互助 ごじょ (n) mutual aid; cooperation; benefit 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
一助 いちじょ (n) a help 24777
労役 ろうえき (n) work; labor; toil 24915
福助 ふくすけ (n) large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck 25041
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
助祭 じょさい (n) (Catholic) deacon 25630
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
助け合う たすけあう (v5u) to help each other; to cooperate 26893
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
自助 じじょ (n) self-help 28866
助太刀 すけだち (n) assistance (in a fight); seconds (in a fight) 29086
助数詞 じょすうし (n) counters for various categories; counter suffix 29962
守役 もりやく (n) a nurse or nanny; guardian 30433
助教諭 じょきょうゆ (n) assistant or associate professor 30552
三助 さんすけ (n) male bathhouse attendant 30688
賛助 さんじょ (n,vs) support; patronage 31088
人助け ひとだすけ (n) act of mercy 31224
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
上役 うわやく (n) superior; senior 32784
パイプ役 パイプやく mediator 32964
助産婦 じょさんぷ (n) midwife 32964
助勢 じょせい (n) encouragement; backing; reinforcements 34580
助勢 すけぜい (n) encouragement; backing; reinforcements 34580
共助 きょうじょ (n) cooperation 34761
憎まれ役 にくまれやく (n) thankless role; ungracious part 36169
助平 すけべい (adj-na,n) lewdness; lewd person; lecher 36620
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
内助 ないじょ (n) wife's help 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
雲助 くもすけ (n) palanquin bearer; coolie; wandering robber 38001
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
助け舟 たすけぶね (n) timely help 38888
在役 ざいえき (n) in prison; in the military 39227
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
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
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
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
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
助け船 たすけぶね (n) lifeboat; friend in need; help 46248
助辞 じょじ (n) (gram) particle; auxiliary word 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
神助 しんじょ (n) assistance from the gods 47205
牢役人 ろうやくにん (n) (Edo-period) jail warden 47205
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
天助 てんじょ (n) divine aid 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