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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
調査 ちょうさ (n,vs) investigation; examination; inquiry; survey 769
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
検査 けんさ (n,vs) inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination 1968
捜査 そうさ (n,vs) search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation 2119
審査 しんさ (n) judging; inspection; examination; investigation 2265
検討 けんとう (n,vs) consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny 2340
市役所 しやくしょ (n) municipal office; council; city hall 2499
検索 けんさく (n,vs) refer to; lookup; retrieve (e.g. data) 3145
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
探検 たんけん (n) exploration; expedition 4521
検定 けんてい (n,vs) official certification; approval; inspection 4673
検証 けんしょう (n,vs) verification; inspection 5048
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
国勢調査 こくせいちょうさ (n) (national) census 5669
探査 たんさ (n,vs) probe; inquiry; investigation 5692
検出 けんしゅつ (n,vs) detection; sense (e.g. sensor) 5744
役職 やくしょく (n) post; managerial position; official position 5829
監査 かんさ (n) inspection; audit; judgement 6171
退役 たいえき (n,vs) retiring from military service 6177
検事 けんじ (n) public prosecutor 6666
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
役立つ やくだつ (v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 7922
巡査 じゅんさ (n) police; policeman 8520
役所 やくしょ (n) government office; public office 9049
点検 てんけん (n,vs) inspection; examination; checking 9161
検車 けんしゃ (n) motor vehicle inspection 9352
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
検察庁 けんさつちょう Public Prosecutors Office 10403
役人 やくにん (n) government official 10883
検察官 けんさつかん (n) public prosecutor 11104
検察 けんさつ (n) examination; prosecutor 11685
相談役 そうだんやく (n) counselor; adviser 12005
考査 こうさ (n) examination; consideration; test; quiz 12449
検校 けんぎょう (n) correction; person who makes corrections; temple or shrine administrator 12679
検閲 けんえつ (n) inspection; examination; censorship 13146
一役 いちやく an office; an important office 13439
一役 ひとやく (n) a part to play 13439
走査 そうさ (n) scanning (e.g. TV) 13449
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
検挙 けんきょ (n) arrest; roundup 13716
査読 さどく (n) investigative reading; research 14184
配役 はいやく (n) cast (of a play) 14243
地検 ちけん (n) district Public Prosecutor's Office 14476
服役 ふくえき (n) penal servitude; military service 14784
検地 けんち (n) land survey 15112
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
車検 しゃけん (n) vehicle inspection 16747
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
照査 しょうさ (n,vs) checking against (up); examining by reference; verification 17366
検問 けんもん (n) inspection; examination 17440
査定 さてい (n) assessment; investigation; audit; revision 17460
査察 ささつ (n,vs) inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.) 17484
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
検疫 けんえき (n) quarantine; medical inspection 18815
検非違使 けびいし (n) statutory office in the Heian and Kamakura periods 18888
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
送検 そうけん (n) sending the person accused to the prosecutor 20360
会計検査院 かいけいけんさいん (n) Board of Audit 20854
公安調査庁 こうあんちょうさちょう (Japan's) Public Security Investigation Agency 21177
検診 けんしん (n) medical examination 22615
検死 けんし (n) autopsy; inquest; investigation of death 22687
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
精査 せいさ (n) close investigation; careful examination 24080
査証 さしょう (n) visa 24154
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
受検 じゅけん (n,vs) being subjected to investigation 24699
労役 ろうえき (n) work; labor; toil 24915
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
検札 けんさつ (n) ticket check 26157
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
検体 けんたい (n) specimen; sample 27058
主査 しゅさ (n) chief examiner or investigator 27058
検査官 けんさかん (n) inspector; examiner; auditor 27330
検査官 けんしょうかん (n) inspector; examiner; auditor 27330
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
査問 さもん (n) inquiry; hearing 27703
検視 けんし (n) autopsy; inquest; investigation of death 28008
検波 けんぱ (n,vs) detecting 28200
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
検事正 けんじせい (n) chief public prosecutor 30433
守役 もりやく (n) a nurse or nanny; guardian 30433
臨検 りんけん (n) on-the-spot investigation or inspection; raid 30832
検分 けんぶん (n,vs) inspection; examination; survey 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
踏査 とうさ (n) survey; exploration; field investigation 32216
上役 うわやく (n) superior; senior 32784
パイプ役 パイプやく mediator 32964
巡検 じゅんけん (n) inspection tour 34034
検案 けんあん (n) autopsy 34381
首実検 くびじっけん (n) identifying a severed head; checking a person's identity 35968
検案書 けんあんしょ (n) certificate of post-mortem 36169
憎まれ役 にくまれやく (n) thankless role; ungracious part 36169
剖検 ぼうけん (n) autopsy; necropsy 36620
下役 したやく (n) underling; subordinate official 36884
検束 けんそく (n) arrest; custody 36884
難役 なんやく (n) difficult role 36884
検屍 けんし (n) autopsy; inquest; investigation of death 37130
最高検 さいこうけん (n) (abbr) Public Presecutors's Office 37130
区検 くけん (n) local prosecutor 37405
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
検眼 けんがん (n) eye examination; optometry 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
検針 けんしん (n) inspection of a meter 39571
実検 じっけん (n) checking; inspecting 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
鑑査 かんさ (n) inspection; audit; judgement 41039
検品 けんぴん (n) inspection 41039
初役 はつやく (n) first role 41039
検算 けんざん (n,vs) verification of accounts; checking figures 41904
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