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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
重要 じゅうよう (adj-na,n) important; momentous; essential; principal; major 677
三重 さんじゅう (n) triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate 1582
体重 たいじゅう (n) one's body weight 1648
重量 じゅうりょう (n) (1) weight; (2) heavyweight boxer 1667
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
重複 じゅうふく (n,vs) duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration 2300
重複 ちょうふく (n,vs) duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration 2300
市役所 しやくしょ (n) municipal office; council; city hall 2499
重視 じゅうし (n,vs) importance; stress; serious consideration 2537
重力 じゅうりょく (n) gravity 3120
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
重い おもい (adj) (1) heavy; massive; (2) serious; important; severe; oppressed 3249
重奏 じゅうそう (n) instrumental ensemble 3449
重ねる かさねる (v1) to pile up; to put something on another; to heap up; to add; to repeat 3450
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
重なる おもなる (oK) main; principal; important 4988
重なる かさなる (v5r) to be piled up; lie on top of one another; overlap each other 4988
役員 やくいん (n) officer; official; executive; staff 5147
貴重 きちょう (adj-na,n) precious; valuable 5217
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
多重 たじゅう (adj-no,n) multiple 5387
重用 じゅうよう (n,vs) appointing to a responsible post 5536
重用 ちょうよう (n,vs) appointing to a responsible post 5536
役職 やくしょく (n) post; managerial position; official position 5829
重大 じゅうだい (adj-na,n) serious; important; grave; weighty 5858
退役 たいえき (n,vs) retiring from military service 6177
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
尊重 そんちょう (n) respect; esteem; regard 7101
重臣 じゅうしん (n) chief vassal; senior statesman 7219
役目 やくめ (n) duty; business 7422
重傷 おもで (n) serious wound or injury 7427
重傷 じゅうしょう (n) serious wound or injury 7427
代役 だいやく (n) important mission; heavy role; substitute actor; stand-in; double 7427
重点 じゅうてん (n) important point; lay stress on; colon; emphasis 7625
役立つ やくだつ (v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 7922
慎重 しんちょう (adj-na,n) discretion; prudence 8572
役所 やくしょ (n) government office; public office 9049
荷重 かじゅう (n) load; weight 9412
荷重 におも (adj-na) overloaded 9412
戦役 せんえき (n) war 9422
比重 ひじゅう (n) specific gravity 9444
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
度重なる たびかさなる (v5r) to repeat; to be frequent 10203
重んじる おもんじる (v1) to respect; to honor; to esteem; to prize 10396
自重 じじゅう (n) weight of an (unloaded) vehicle 10477
自重 じちょう (n) prudence 10477
役人 やくにん (n) government official 10883
重心 じゅうしん (n) center of gravity 11057
相談役 そうだんやく (n) counselor; adviser 12005
重合 じゅうごう (n,vs) polymerization 12283
重文 じゅうぶん (n) (abbr) compound sentence; important national treasure 12401
重厚 じゅうこう (adj-na,n) thickness; composure and dignity 12711
重厚 ちょうこう (adj-na,n) thickness; composure and dignity 12711
重油 じゅうゆ (n) heavy oil; crude petroleum 12756
重症 じゅうしょう (n) serious illness 13185
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
重宝 じゅうほう (adj-na,n,vs) priceless treasure; convenience; usefulness 13558
重宝 ちょうほう (adj-na,n,vs) priceless treasure; convenience; usefulness 13558
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
厳重 げんじゅう (adj-na,n) strict; rigour; severe; firm; strong; secure 13909
重度 じゅうど (adj-no,n) heavy; severe 14030
重鎮 じゅうちん (n) leader; authority; mainstay 14126
配役 はいやく (n) cast (of a play) 14243
重き おもき (n) importance; emphasis; stress 14463
服役 ふくえき (n) penal servitude; military service 14784
八重 やえ (n) multilayered; doubled 15332
重工業 じゅうこうぎょう (n) heavy industry 15378
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
積み重ねる つみかさねる (v1,vt) to be piled up; to accumulate 16365
五重塔 ごじゅうのとう (n) 5-storied pagoda 16439
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
九重 ここのえ (n) ninefold; imperial palace; the Court 16629
重工 じゅうこう (n) heavy industry 16857
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
珍重 ちんちょう (n,vs) prize; value highly 17505
重み おもみ (n) importance; weight; dignity; emphasis 17590
重機 じゅうき (n) heavy machine gun 17590
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
重ね かさね (n) pile; heap; layer; suits; set; course (stones) 18918
加重 かじゅう (n) weighting (in averaging); aggravation 19044
加重 かちょう (n) weighting (in averaging); aggravation 19044
重層 じゅうそう (n) multistoried; multilayered 19235
偏重 へんじゅう (ok) (n,vs) preponderance; making too much of; overestimation 19534
偏重 へんちょう (n,vs) preponderance; making too much of; overestimation 19534
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
重唱 じゅうしょう (n) singing in parts 21039
重母音 じゅうぼいん (n) diphthong 21353
重金属 じゅうきんぞく (n) heavy metals 21649
重水素 じゅうすいそ (n) deuterium; heavy hydrogen 21889
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
丁重 ていちょう (adj-na,n) polite; courteous; hospitable 22948
四重奏 しじゅうそう (n) instrumental quartet 23088
重水 じゅうすい (n) heavy water 23186
重火器 じゅうかき (n) heavy weapons 23460
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
重なり合う かさなりあう (v5u) to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up 24291
重圧 じゅうあつ (n) pressure 24291
重税 じゅうぜい (n) heavy taxation 24495
重曹 じゅうそう (n) baking soda; sodium bicarbonate 24495
重体 じゅうたい (adj-na,n) seriously ill; serious condition; critical state 24551
重罪 じゅうざい (n) felony; serious crime 24777
積み重ね つみかさね (n) (a) pile; accumulation 24777
無重力 むじゅうりょく (n) weightlessness; zero gravity 24777
重病 じゅうびょう (n) serious illness 24915
労役 ろうえき (n) work; labor; toil 24915
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
一重 ひとえ (n) one layer; single 25918
二重奏 にじゅうそう (n) instrumental duo 25918
重砲 じゅうほう (n) heavy artillery 26001
重量挙げ じゅうりょうあげ (n) weight lifting 26398
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
鈍重 どんじゅう (adj-na,n) dullness; bovinity; thickheaded; slow-witted 26398
重利 じゅうり (n) compound interest 26730
重畳 ちょうじょう (n) piled one upon another; excellent; splendid 27153
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
重労働 じゅうろうどう (n) heavy labor; hard labor (in prison) 27617
重箱 じゅうばこ (n) nest of boxes 27703
重版 じゅうはん (n) second edition; additional printing; literary piracy 27703
積み重なる つみかさなる (v5r,vi) to accumulate 27703
二重唱 にじゅうしょう (n) vocal duet 27901
重陽 ちょうよう (n) Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) 28008
重 え (suf) -fold; -ply 28487
重 おも (adj-na,n) main; principal; important 28487
八重咲き やえざき (n) double blossom 28487
重祚 じゅうそ (n) second accession to the throne 28567
重祚 ちょうそ (n) second accession to the throne 28567