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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
適用 てきよう (n) applying 2065
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
適切 てきせつ (adj-na,n) pertinent; appropriate; adequate; relevance 4111
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
適当 てきとう (adj-na,n) fitness; suitability; adequacy; relevance 5556
役職 やくしょく (n) post; managerial position; official position 5829
適応 てきおう (n) adaptation; accommodation; conformity 6136
退役 たいえき (n,vs) retiring from military service 6177
最適 さいてき (adj-na,n) optimum; the most suitable 6360
不適切 ふてきせつ (adj-na,n) unsuitable; inappropriate; improper 6411
就役 しゅうえき (n,vs) placed in commission; entering servitude 6733
適合 てきごう (n) conform; compatible; adaptable 7075
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
適正 てきせい (adj-na,n) reasonable; suitable 7891
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
快適 かいてき (adj-na,n) pleasant; agreeable; comfortable 9769
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
適性 てきせい (n) aptitude 12711
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
使役 しえき (n,vs) employing; using; setting to work; enslavement 15679
適度 てきど (adj-na,n) moderate 15771
適宜 てきぎ (adj-na,n-adv) suitability 15803
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
適する てきする (vs-s) to fit; to suit 16711
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
適法 てきほう (adj-na,n) legality 17366
適格 てきかく (n) eligible; qualified; competent 18243
適格 てっかく (n) eligible; qualified; competent 18243
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
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
適時 てきじ (adj-na,adj-no,n) timely; opportune 22165
適う かなう (v5u) to be suited 22305
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
不適 ふてき (adj-na,n) inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety 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
適地 てきち (n) suitable place 25113
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
好適 こうてき (adj-na,n) ideal; fit; fitted; fitting; suitable 26157
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
適量 てきりょう (n) proper quantity 26398
適任 てきにん (adj-na,n) competence 27153
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
適齢 てきれい (n) suitable age 30069
守役 もりやく (n) a nurse or nanny; guardian 30433
悠々自適 ゆうゆうじてき (adj-na,n) (live in) quiet and comfortable retirement free from worldly cares 31088
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
上役 うわやく (n) superior; senior 32784
パイプ役 パイプやく mediator 32964
適否 てきひ (n) propriety; fitness; aptitude 33636
適温 てきおん (n) suitable or moderate temperature 34381
適応症 てきおうしょう (n) diseases for which a particular medicine is indicated 34955
適者生存 てきしゃせいぞん (n) survival of the fittest 35357
憎まれ役 にくまれやく (n) thankless role; ungracious part 36169
適材適所 てきざいてきしょ (exp,n) the right person in the right place 36169
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
適所 てきしょ (n) the right place 38888
適職 てきしょく (n) suitable occupation 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
適材 てきざい (n) man fit for the post; right person 39920
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
立て役者 たてやくしゃ (n) leading actor 43447
適者 てきしゃ (n) suitable person; fit person; the fit 44061
不適任 ふてきにん (adj-na,n) unfitness; incompetency 44061
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
自適 じてき (n,vs) living free from worldly care; easy and comfortable living 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
悠悠自適 ゆうゆうじてき (adj-na,n) (live in) quiet and comfortable retirement free from worldly cares 46248
適例 てきれい (n) exemplification 47205
牢役人 ろうやくにん (n) (Edo-period) jail warden 47205
適作 てきさく (n) suitable crop 48294
役向き やくむき (n) nature of one's position 48294
役不足 やくぶそく (adj-na,n) dissatisfaction with one's position 48294
適業 てきぎょう (n) suitable occupation 49657
適訳 てきやく (n) proper or suitable translation; exact rendering 49657
傍役 わきやく (n) supporting role (actor); minor role 49657
役替え やくがえ (n) change of post 49657
意味役割 いみやくわり semantic role 51560
一役買う ひとやくかう to take on a role; to take part 51560
引き立て役 ひきたてやく (n) a foil 51560
仮役 かりやく temporary post 51560
加役 かやく (n) temporary extra work 51560
火付け役 ひつけやく (n) instigator; troublemaker 51560
課役 かえき (n) distribution of assignments 51560
快適さ かいてきさ (n) amenity 51560
監査役 かんさやく (n) auditor; inspector 51560
郡役所 ぐんやくしょ county offices 51560
結婚適齢期 けっこんてきれいき (n) marriageable age 51560
兼ね役 かねやく carrying on a second line of work 51560