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現在 げんざい (n-adv,n-t) present; up to now; nowadays; modern times; current 40
存在 そんざい (n,vs) existence; being 131
役 えき (n) war; campaign; battle 217
役 やく (n,n-suf) use; service; role; position 217
所在地 しょざいち (n) location 639
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
在籍 ざいせき (n,vs) enrollment 2058
在位 ざいい (n,vs) reign (i.e of a ruler) 2410
市役所 しやくしょ (n) municipal office; council; city hall 2499
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
所在 しょざい (n) whereabouts 3360
駐在 ちゅうざい (n) residence; stay 3382
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
在学 ざいがく (n) (enrolled) in school 3810
実在 じつざい (n,vs) reality; existence 3855
在住 ざいじゅう (n) resident 3940
滞在 たいざい (n,vs) stay; sojourn 4574
役員 やくいん (n) officer; official; executive; staff 5147
在来 ざいらい (n) pre-existing; already there; conventional 5171
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
在日 ざいにち (n) in Japan 5784
在任 ざいにん (n) being in office 5795
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
不在 ふざい (n) absence 6472
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
現在地 げんざいち (n) "you are here" (on map); (lit) present location 7729
自在 じざい (adj-na,n) freely; at will 7779
役立つ やくだつ (v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 7922
点在 てんざい (n,vs) dotted with 8133
混在 こんざい (n,vs) mixture 8784
役所 やくしょ (n) government office; public office 9049
戦役 せんえき (n) war 9422
潜在 せんざい (n) potentiality; dormancy; latency 9511
在る ある (v5r-i) to live; to be 9614
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
健在 けんざい (adj-na,n) in good health; well 10619
在職 ざいしょく (n) being in office 10883
役人 やくにん (n) government official 10883
在庫 ざいこ (n) stockpile; stock 11346
相談役 そうだんやく (n) counselor; adviser 12005
在京 ざいきょう (n,vs) being in Tokyo 12165
在外 ざいがい (n) overseas; abroad 13209
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
配役 はいやく (n) cast (of a play) 14243
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
在留 ざいりゅう (n,vs) stay; remain; reside 16683
散在 さんざい (n,vs) straggling 16683
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
在り方 ありかた (n) the way something ought to be 18105
在宅 ざいたく (n) being in; being at home 18267
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
顕在 けんざい (n,vs) actual (as opposed to hidden or obscured); actualized 18462
介在 かいざい (n) interposition; intervention 19235
在家 ざいけ (n) (Buddhist) layman or laity 19504
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
内在 ないざい (n) immanence; inherence; indwelling 20989
在校生 ざいこうせい (n) enrolled student 21576
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
自由自在 じゆうじざい (adj-na,n) freely 23345
在所 ざいしょ (n) whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence 23399
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
在野 ざいや (adj-no,n) out of office (power); in opposition party 24438
労役 ろうえき (n) work; labor; toil 24915
在勤 ざいきん (n) (while) working in or at or for 25224
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
在世 ざいせい (n) being alive; living 25705
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
在郷 ざいきょう (n) hometown; rural districts 27433
在郷 ざいごう (n) hometown; rural districts 27433
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
偏在 へんざい (n) maldistribution 29086
在校 ざいこう (n,vs) being in school; being a student of 29519
在米 ざいべい (n,vs) being in the USA 29519
在官 ざいかん (n) holding office 29736
守役 もりやく (n) a nurse or nanny; guardian 30433
近在 きんざい (n) neighboring villages; suburban districts 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
在中 ざいちゅう (n) (contained) within 32216
上役 うわやく (n) superior; senior 32784
パイプ役 パイプやく mediator 32964
外在 がいざい (n) external 33111
在天 ざいてん (n) in heaven; heavenly 33830
遍在 へんざい (n) omnipresence; ubiquity 33830
在俗 ざいぞく (n) (Buddhist) layman or laity 34761
行在所 あんざいしょ (n) temporary lodging built to accomodate an Imperial visit 36169
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
小役人 こやくにん (n) petty official 39571
伏在 ふくざい (n,vs) lying concealed; being hidden 39920
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
在室 ざいしつ (n) in a or one's room 42342
在方 ざいかた (n) rural area 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
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
自在鉤 じざいかぎ (n) a pot-hook 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
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
牢役人 ろうやくにん (n) (Edo-period) jail warden 47205