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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
向け むけ (n-suf) (intended) for ~; oriented towards ~ 799
方向 ほうこう (n) direction; course; way 965
向かう むかう (v5u) to face; to go towards 1171
傾向 けいこう (n) tendency; trend; inclination 1370
向上 こうじょう (n,vs) elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress 1623
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
向ける むける (v1) to turn towards; to point 2210
市役所 しやくしょ (n) municipal office; council; city hall 2499
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
向き むき (adj-na,n,n-suf) direction; situation; exposure; aspect; suitability 3754
日向 ひなた (n) sunny place; in the sun 4507
向く むく (v5k) to face 4655
転向 てんこう (n,vs) conversion; shift; about-face; switch 5125
役員 やくいん (n) officer; official; executive; staff 5147
意向 いこう (n) intention; idea; inclination 5207
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
指向 しこう (n) OO (object oriented); directional (microphone) 6230
就役 しゅうえき (n,vs) placed in commission; entering servitude 6733
志向 しこう (n) intention; aim 6887
悪役 あくやく (n) villain; baddie; the villain's part 7077
動向 どうこう (n) trend; tendency; movement; attitude 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
役立つ やくだつ (v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 7922
向こう むこう (n) beyond; over there; opposite direction; the other party 8513
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
立ち向かう たちむかう (v5u) to fight against; to oppose; to face 11163
表向き おもてむき (n) outward appearance; ostensible; public; official 11208
対向 たいこう (n,vs) counter-; corresponding; face; opposite 11225
出向 しゅっこう (n,vs) being transferred; proceeding; leaving for 11544
相談役 そうだんやく (n) counselor; adviser 12005
出向く でむく (v5k) to go to; to proceed to; to leave for 12467
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
一向 いっこう (adv) (not) at all 13610
一向 ひたすら (adj-na,adv) earnestly 13610
荷役 にえき (n) handling cargo; loading and unloading 13716
荷役 にやく (n) handling cargo; loading and unloading 13716
前向き まえむき (adj-na,n) facing forward; positively 13970
配役 はいやく (n) cast (of a play) 14243
向かい むかい (adj-no,n) facing; opposite; across the street; other side 14446
向う むかう (io) (v5u) to face; to go towards 14704
趣向 しゅこう (n) plan; idea 14745
不向き ふむき (adj-na,n) unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable 14784
服役 ふくえき (n) penal servitude; military service 14784
下向 げこう (n,vs) leaving the capital 15332
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
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
偏向 へんこう (n) propensity; tendency; inclination; deflection 17058
一向に いっこうに (adv) (not) at all 18155
向かい合う むかいあう (v5u) to be opposite; to face each other 18346
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
向き合う むきあう (v5u) to be opposite; to face each other 19044
差し向ける さしむける (v1) to send or direct a person to 19044
真っ向 まっこう (n) brow; front; helmet front 19403
役立てる やくだてる (v1) to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account 19693
向かい側 むかいがわ (n) opposite side; other side; other party 19861
振り向く ふりむく (v5k) to turn one's face; to turn around 20128
村役場 むらやくば (n) village office 20278
上向き うえむき (adj-na,n) upturn; upward tendency; looking upward 20854
上向き うわむき (adj-na,n) upturn; upward tendency; looking upward 20854
横向き よこむき (n) turning sideways 21230
下向き したむき (n) downward look; business decline 21314
仰向け あおむけ (n) face up 22165
内向 ないこう (n) introvert 22687
後ろ向き うしろむき (n) back facing; turning one's back to 22749
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
仕向ける しむける (v1) to induce; to tempt; to treat; to act toward; to handle (men); to send; to forward to 23460
向日葵 ひまわり (gikun) (n) sunflower 23520
回向 えこう (n,vs) Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul 23584
風向 ふうこう (n) wind direction 23919
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
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
性向 せいこう (n) affection 25491
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
風向き かざむき (n) wind's direction 26494
風向き かぜむき (n) wind's direction 26494
振り向ける ふりむける (v1) to turn 27058
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
西向き にしむき (n) facing west 27901
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
向後 こうご (n-adv,n-t) hereafter 28975
向かい合わせる むかいあわせる (v1) to face; to confront; to be opposite to 29190
上向く うえむく (v5k) to look upward; to turn upward; to rise 29632
上向く うわむく (v5k) to look upward; to turn upward; to rise 29632
見向く みむく (v5k) to look around; to look towards (us) 30069
向い むかい (io) (adj-no,n) facing; opposite; across the street; other side 30069
後向き うしろむき (n) back facing; turning one's back to 30308
向上心 こうじょうしん (n) ambition; aspiration 30433
守役 もりやく (n) a nurse or nanny; guardian 30433
右向き みぎむき (n) facing right 30832
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
外向 がいこう (n) extroversion 32501
上役 うわやく (n) superior; senior 32784
パイプ役 パイプやく mediator 32964
向性 こうせい (n) tropism 33111
向かい風 むかいかぜ (n) head wind 33462
左向き ひだりむき (n) turning to the left 33462
真向かい まむかい (n) directly opposite; facing 35968
憎まれ役 にくまれやく (n) thankless role; ungracious part 36169
向こう岸 むこうぎし (n) the opposite bank 36620
下役 したやく (n) underling; subordinate official 36884
歯向かう はむかう (v5u) to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy 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
向う側 むこうがわ (n) other side; opposite side; other party 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
向学心 こうがくしん (n) love of learning 38588
参向 さんこう (n,vs) proceeding to 38588
発向 はっこう (n) departure for a specified destination 38588
在役 ざいえき (n) in prison; in the military 39227
仕向け しむけ (n) delivery; sending; treatment 39227
小役人 こやくにん (n) petty official 39571
刃向かう はむかう (v5u) to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy 39571
陰日向 かげひなた (n) double-faced 40263
向い風 むかいかぜ (n) head wind 40263