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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
新聞 しんぶん (n) newspaper 913
聞く きく (v5k) to hear; to listen; to ask 1477
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
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
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
聞こえる きこえる (v1) to be heard; to be audible 6182
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
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
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
異聞 いぶん (n) strange tale; another story; variant (reading); strange report or tale 14463
聞かす きかす (v5s,vt) to inform about; to read to; to sing for 14727
服役 ふくえき (n) penal servitude; military service 14784
見聞 けんぶん (n,vs) information; observation 15259
見聞 けんもん (n,vs) information; observation 15259
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
前代未聞 ぜんだいみもん (n) unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history; record-breaking 17023
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
聞き入れる ききいれる (v1) to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with 17918
聞き取る ききとる (v5r) to catch (a person's words); to follow; to understand 18077
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
聞き手 ききて (n) hearer; listener; audience 18512
新聞紙 しんぶんし (n) newsprint; newspaper 18815
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
聞きつける ききつける (v1) to hear; to catch (the sound) 21277
聞き出す ききだす (v5s) to get information out of a person; to begin listening 21615
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
伝聞 でんぶん (n,vs) hearsay; rumor; report 22948
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
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
醜聞 しゅうぶん (n) scandal 28008
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
聞き分ける ききわける (v1) to recognize (identify) by sound 29851
守役 もりやく (n) a nurse or nanny; guardian 30433
日経新聞 にっけいしんぶん Nikkei (newspaper) (abbr. of Nippon Keizai) 30433
見聞き みきき (n) information; experience; observation 30552
風聞 ふうぶん (n) rumour; hearsay; report 30552
聴聞 ちょうもん (n) listening; hearing 31224
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
言い聞かせる いいきかせる (v1) to tell someone to do something; to warn; to persuade; to instruct 32784
上役 うわやく (n) superior; senior 32784
パイプ役 パイプやく mediator 32964
伝え聞く つたえきく (v5k) to learn by hearsay 32964
聞き込む ききこむ (v5m) to get information; to find out; to get wind of 33636
聞き書き ききがき (n) account of what one hears 33830
著聞 ちょぶん (n) something well-known throughout the world 35357
著聞 ちょもん (n) something well-known throughout the world 35357
聞き流す ききながす (v5s) to ignore 35577
聞き届ける ききとどける (v1) to grant 35778
聞き返す ききかえす (v5s) to ask in return; to ask again; to listen repeatedly 35968
旧聞 きゅうぶん (n) old news 36169
憎まれ役 にくまれやく (n) thankless role; ungracious part 36169
聞き入る ききいる (v5r) to listen attentively to; to be lost in 36620
下役 したやく (n) underling; subordinate official 36884
盗み聞き ぬすみぎき (n,vs) eavesdropping; tapping 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
聞き耳 ききみみ (n) straining one's ears 37706
老け役 ふけやく (n) (theatrical) role of old person 38001
外聞 がいぶん (n) reputation; respectability; honour 38280
苦役 くえき (n) hard toil 38280
能役者 のうやくしゃ (n) noh actor 38280
聞き分け ききわけ (adj-no,n) easily taught; obedient 38280
聞き役 ききやく (n) listener's role 38280
聞き及ぶ ききおよぶ (v5b) to hear of; to learn of 38588
寡聞 かぶん (adj-na,n) limited information 38888
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
聞き付ける ききつける (v1) to hear; to catch (the sound) 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
奏聞 そうもん (n) reporting to the Emperor 42342
壁新聞 かべしんぶん (n) wall newspaper; wall poster 42342
立ち聞き たちぎき (n) eavesdrop 42342
三役 さんやく (n) three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc) 42893
聞き惚れる ききほれる (v1) to listen to in an ecstasy 42893
聞き上手 ききじょうず (adj-na,n) good listener 42893
又聞き またきき (n) hearsay 42893
又聞き またぎき (n) hearsay 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
立て役者 たてやくしゃ (n) leading actor 43447
聞き覚え ききおぼえ (n) learning by ear 44061
言い聞かす いいきかす (v5s) to tell someone to do something; to warm; to persuade; to instruct 44709
聞き物 ききもの (n) worth listening to 44709
名聞 みょうもん (n) reputation 44709
名聞 めいぶん (n) reputation 44709
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
余聞 よぶん (n) gossip; rumor 44709
奇聞 きぶん (n) strange news 45436
百聞 ひゃくぶん (n) hearing a hundred times 45436
漏れ聞く もれきく (v5k) to overhear 45436
博聞 はくぶん (adj-na,n) well-informed; erudite 46248
聞き苦しい ききぐるしい (adj) poor sound quality; unpleasant to hear 46248
聞き捨てる ききすてる (v1) to ignore; to overlook 46248
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