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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
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
老人 ろうじん (n) the aged; old person 4415
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
老 ろう (n) old age; age; old people; the old; the aged 5801
役職 やくしょく (n) post; managerial position; official position 5829
老朽 ろうきゅう (n) superannuated; decrepitude 6076
退役 たいえき (n,vs) retiring from military service 6177
養老 ようろう (n) making provision for the elderly 6368
老中 ろうじゅう (n) member of shogun's council of elders 6419
家老 かろう (n) chief retainer; daimyo's minister 6440
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
長老 ちょうろう (n) eldest; senior 7669
元老 げんろう (n) elder statesman; authority 7897
役立つ やくだつ (v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 7922
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
老舗 しにせ (n) old shop; shop of long standing 11119
老舗 ろうほ (n) old shop; shop of long standing 11119
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
海老 えび (n) lobster; prawn; shrimp 13543
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
大老 たいろう (n) (Edo-period) chief minister 13989
配役 はいやく (n) cast (of a play) 14243
服役 ふくえき (n) penal servitude; military service 14784
老婆 ろうば (n) old woman 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
端役 はやく (n) minor role 16546
老化 ろうか (n,vs) ageing; senile deterioration 16594
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
老齢 ろうれい (n) advanced age; senility 17074
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
不老不死 ふろうふし (n) perpetual youth and longevity 18644
役立てる やくだてる (v1) to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account 19693
老子 ろうし Lao-tse; Lao-tzu 19922
老年 ろうねん (n) old age 20047
村役場 むらやくば (n) village office 20278
老師 ろうし (n) old priest; sage; (Zen) teacher 20854
老若男女 ろうじゃくだんじょ (n) men and women of all ages 20946
老若男女 ろうにゃくなんにょ (n) men and women of all ages 20946
年老いる としおいる (v1) to grow old 21792
老いる おいる (v1) to age; to grow old 21792
不老 ふろう (n) perennial youth 21889
老衰 ろうすい (n) senility; senile decay 22212
敬老 けいろう (n) respect for the aged 22493
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
宿老 しゅくろう (n) old men; elders; seniors; veterans 23854
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
老ける ふける (v1) to age 24777
老女 ろうじょ (n) elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting 24777
労役 ろうえき (n) work; labor; toil 24915
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
初老 しょろう (n) middle-aged; aging; age 40 25630
老松 ろうしょう (n) old pine tree 25767
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
老い おい (n) old age; old person; the old; the aged 27241
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
老後 ろうご (n) old age 28115
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
老臣 ろうしん (n) old or key retainer 29519
老廃 ろうはい (n) superannuation 29962
守役 もりやく (n) a nurse or nanny; guardian 30433
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
老獪 ろうかい (adj-na,n) cunning; crafty 31527
古老 ころう (n) old people; seniors; elders; old-timer 31648
中老 ちゅうろう (n) middle age 31784
老兵 ろうへい (n) old soldier 32076
老練 ろうれん (adj-na,n) experienced; veteran 32361
上役 うわやく (n) superior; senior 32784
パイプ役 パイプやく mediator 32964
老公 ろうこう (n) polite address for elderly nobleman 33462
老翁 ろうおう (n) old man 35778
寿老人 じゅろうじん (n) god of longevity 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
老境 ろうきょう (n) old age 36884
老死 ろうし (n) die of old age 37130
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
老木 ろうぼく (n) old tree 37706
老け役 ふけやく (n) (theatrical) role of old person 38001
老成 ろうせい (adj-na,n,vs) mature; becoming precocious 38001
老体 ろうたい (n) old body; aged 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
老母 ろうぼ (n) old mother; aged mother 39227
小役人 こやくにん (n) petty official 39571
海老茶 えびちゃ (n) maroon; reddish-brown 39920
老若 ろうじゃく (n,adj-na) (1) young and old; all ages 39920
老若 ろうにゃく (n,adj-na) (1) young and old; all ages 39920
旅役者 たびやくしゃ (n) itinerant entertainer or troupe 40263
老け込む ふけこむ (v5m) to age; to become old 40263
老眼 ろうがん (n) presbyopia; long-sighted 40263
老眼鏡 ろうがんきょう (n) reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged 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
老婆心 ろうばしん (n) concern 40619
老夫婦 ろうふうふ (n) an old couple 40619
初役 はつやく (n) first role 41039
老いぼれる おいぼれる (v1) to become decrepit; to become senile 41039
老酒 ろうしゅ (n) old wine 41039
早老 そうろう (n) premature aging 41444
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
老嬢 ろうじょう (n) elderly spinster 42342
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
老い先 おいさき (n) remaining years (of one's life) 42893
適役 てきやく (n) suitable post or role 43447
父老 ふろう (n) (village) elder 43447
立て役者 たてやくしゃ (n) leading actor 43447
老熟 ろうじゅく (n) maturity 44061