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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
市役所 しやくしょ (n) municipal office; council; city hall 2499
停留所 ていりゅうじょ (n) bus or tram stop 2510
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
留学 りゅうがく (n) studying abroad 3692
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
留まる とどまる (v5r) (1) to be fixed; (2) to abide; to stay (in the one place) 4523
留まる とまる (v5r) (1) to be fixed; (2) to abide; to stay (in the one place) 4523
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
停留 ていりゅう (n) stop; halt 5713
留置 りゅうち (n) detainment; imprisonment; poundage 5779
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
保留 ほりゅう (n,vs) reserve; putting on hold; deferment 6726
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
残留 ざんりゅう (n,vs) stay behind; stay back 7146
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
留学生 りゅうがくせい (n) overseas student 8292
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
駐留 ちゅうりゅう (n,vs) stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison 9886
留める とどめる (v1) to stop; to cease; to put an end to 9963
留める とめる (v1) to fasten; to turn off; to detain 9963
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
居留 きょりゅう (n,vs) residence; reside 10493
蒸留 じょうりゅう (n,vs) distillation 10507
役人 やくにん (n) government official 10883
留守 るす (n) absence; being away from home 11351
留意 りゅうい (n,vs) heed 11536
相談役 そうだんやく (n) counselor; adviser 12005
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
留年 りゅうねん (n,vs) repeating the same class (school); staying more than two years in the same class 15609
使役 しえき (n,vs) employing; using; setting to work; enslavement 15679
抑留 よくりゅう (n,vs) internment; detainment; detention 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
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
留任 りゅうにん (n,vs) remaining (staying) in office; remaining at one's post 17303
勾留 こうりゅう (n) detention; confinement 17590
留保 りゅうほ (n) reserving; withholding 17710
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
留守番 るすばん (n,vs) care-taking; caretaker; house-watching 19663
仕留める しとめる (v1) to bring down (a bird); to kill 19693
役立てる やくだてる (v1) to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account 19693
拘留 こうりゅう (n) detention; hold a person in custody 20087
係留 けいりゅう (n) mooring; anchorage 20200
村役場 むらやくば (n) village office 20278
留守居 るすい (n) caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo era) 20712
取り留める とりとめる (v1) to stop; to put a stop to; to check 20819
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
留鳥 りゅうちょう (n) nonmigratory bird 23088
滞留 たいりゅう (n) staying; stagnating; sojourn 23584
留め とどめ (n) finishing blow; clincher 24154
留め とめ (n,suf) stopping; remaining (e.g. poste-restante) 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
労役 ろうえき (n) work; labor; toil 24915
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
逗留 とうりゅう (n,vs) staying; sojourn 26494
慰留 いりゅう (n,vs) dissuasion from resigning or leaving 26893
書留 かきとめ (n,vs) writing down; putting on record; recording; making a note of; registration (of mail) 26991
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
留め置く とめおく (v5k) to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for 28008
書き留める かきとどめる (v1) to write down; to leave a note behind 28391
書き留める かきとめる (v1) to write down; to leave a note behind 28391
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
歩留まり ぶどまり (n) yield; yield rate 30069
守役 もりやく (n) a nurse or nanny; guardian 30433
留袖 とめそで (n) formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions 30433
遺留 いりゅう (n,vs) bequest 30688
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
留別 りゅうべつ (n) farewell to those staying behind 32076
繋留 けいりゅう (n) mooring 32361
居留民 きょりゅうみん (n) a resident 32501
上役 うわやく (n) superior; senior 32784
分留 ぶんりゅう (n) fraction; fractional distillation 32784
パイプ役 パイプやく mediator 32964
乾留 かんりゅう (n) dry distillation 33111
留守電 るすでん (n) answering machine 33830
引き留める ひきとめる (v1) to detain; to check; to restrain 35577
遺留分 いりゅうぶん (n) heir's distributive share 35778
憎まれ役 にくまれやく (n) thankless role; ungracious part 36169
居留守 いるす (n) pretending to be out 36396
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
寄留 きりゅう (n) temporary residence; sojourn 39227
在役 ざいえき (n) in prison; in the military 39227
歌留多 かるた (pt:) (n) playing cards (pt: carta) 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
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
歩留り ぶどまり (n) yield; yield rate 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
局留め きょくどめ (n) general delivery 45436
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
足留め あしどめ (n,vs) house arrest; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay 47205
帯留め おびどめ (n) sash clip (fastener) 47205
留金 とめがね (n) clasp; snap fastener 47205
牢役人 ろうやくにん (n) (Edo-period) jail warden 47205