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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
務める つとめる (v1) (1) to serve; to fill a post; to serve under; to work (for); (2) to exert oneself; to endeavor; to be diligent; (3) to play (the part of) 628
事務所 じむしょ (n) office 899
業務 ぎょうむ (n) business; affairs; duties; work 975
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
事務 じむ (n) business; office work 1787
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
総務 そうむ (n) general business (affairs); manager; director; adjutant general (mil) 2725
勤務 きんむ (n,vs) service; duty; work 2758
任務 にんむ (n) duty; function; office; mission; task 3004
義務 ぎむ (n) duty; obligation; responsibility 3150
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
乗務 じょうむ (n) doing transport-related work 4014
公務員 こうむいん (n) government worker; public (civil) servant 4275
債務 さいむ (n) debt; liabilities 4593
財務 ざいむ (n) financial affairs 5113
役員 やくいん (n) officer; official; executive; staff 5147
職務 しょくむ (n) professional duties 5217
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
外務 がいむ (n) foreign affairs 5602
役職 やくしょく (n) post; managerial position; official position 5829
実務 じつむ (n) practical business 5887
刑務所 けいむしょ (n) prison; penitentiary 5892
外務省 がいむしょう Department of Foreign Affairs 5988
退役 たいえき (n,vs) retiring from military service 6177
政務 せいむ (n) government affairs 6643
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
内務省 ないむしょう prewar Ministry of Home Affairs 7219
国務 こくむ (n) affairs of state 7346
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
役立つ やくだつ (v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 7922
兼務 けんむ (n) additional post 7957
法務 ほうむ (n) judicial affairs; Ministry of Justice; judge advocate general (mil) 8000
内務 ないむ (n) internal or domestic affairs 8690
国務大臣 こくむだいじん (n) Minister of State 8740
政務次官 せいむじかん (n) parliamentary vice-minister 8740
専務 せんむ (n) managing director; special duty; conductor 8768
常務 じょうむ (n) routine business; executive director 8773
事務次官 じむじかん (n) permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister 8809
役所 やくしょ (n) government office; public office 9049
義務付ける ぎむづける (v1) to obligate 9086
財務省 ざいむしょう (n) Ministry of Finance 9101
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
法務省 ほうむしょう Ministry of Justice 9922
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
法務大臣 ほうむだいじん (n) Minister of Justice 10677
役人 やくにん (n) government official 10883
特務 とくむ (n) special duty 11479
税務署 ぜいむしょ (n) tax office 11624
相談役 そうだんやく (n) counselor; adviser 12005
警務 けいむ (n) military police 12246
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
法務局 ほうむきょく (n) regional legal affairs bureau 13716
公務 こうむ (n) official business; public business 14172
配役 はいやく (n) cast (of a play) 14243
税務 ぜいむ (n) taxation business 14463
服役 ふくえき (n) penal servitude; military service 14784
軍務 ぐんむ (n) military and naval affairs; military service 15021
義務づける ぎむづける (v1) to obligate 15061
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
商務 しょうむ (n) commercial affairs 16439
端役 はやく (n) minor role 16546
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
庶務 しょむ (n) general affairs 17127
労務 ろうむ (n) labor; work; service 17279
商務省 しょうむしょう Department of Commerce 17344
務め つとめ (n) (1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task; (2) Buddhist religious services 17440
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
主務 しゅむ (n) competent (authorities) 18462
医務 いむ (n) medical affairs 18621
国務省 こくむしょう State Department 18728
責務 せきむ (n) duty; obligation 18728
執務 しつむ (n,vs) performance of ones official duties 19016
総務庁 そうむちょう General Affairs Agency 19579
急務 きゅうむ (n) urgent business 19693
役立てる やくだてる (v1) to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account 19693
工務 こうむ (n) engineering; engineering works 20047
村役場 むらやくば (n) village office 20278
教務 きょうむ (n) school affairs; religious affairs 21277
服務 ふくむ (n,vs) duty; public service 22445
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
財務諸表 ざいむしょひょう (n) financial statements 24029
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
農務 のうむ (n) agricultural affairs 24495
労役 ろうえき (n) work; labor; toil 24915
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
宗務 しゅうむ (n) religious matters 26001
義務付け ぎむづけ (n) obligation 26080
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
雑務 ざつむ (n) routine tasks or duties 27330
本務 ほんむ (n) duty; regular business 27433
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
社務 しゃむ (n) company business; clerical work at a shrine 28567
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
激務 げきむ (n) exhausting work; hard work; severe duty 28975
用務員 ようむいん (n) orderly; janitor 29410
守役 もりやく (n) a nurse or nanny; guardian 30433
党務 とうむ (n) party business 31088
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
学務 がくむ (n) school affairs 32964
労務者 ろうむしゃ (n) laborer; workman 33111
用務 ようむ (n) business 33462
代務 だいむ (n) vicarious management 34761
残務 ざんむ (n) remaining business 35778
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
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
片務契約 へんむけいやく (n) a unilateral contract 41444
千両役者 せんりょうやくしゃ (n) star (actor); prima donna; leading figure 41904