- 活躍【かつやく】 - activity (esp. energetic or successful), great efforts, active participation, walking about with great vigor 
- 飛躍【ひやく】 - leap, jump, stepping out into the wider world, becoming active on a wider stage, playing an active part (in), rapid progress, dramatic development, making great strides, making a leap forward, leap (of logic), jump, gap (in an argument) 
- 跳躍【ちょうやく】 - jump, leap, skip, bound 
- 躍如【やくじょ】 - vivid, lifelike, graphic 
- 躍進【やくしん】 - making rapid progress, making great advances, rush, dash, onslaught 
- 一躍【いちやく】 - suddenly (rising to fame, etc.), instantly, immediately, overnight, one bound, one leap 
- 躍起【やっき】 - desperate, frantic, excited, worked up, heated, eager 
- 躍り【おどり】 - leaping, jumping, spring, exciting 
- 躍動【やくどう】 - lively motion, throb 
- 暗躍【あんやく】 - secret manoeuvres (maneuvers), operating behind the scenes 
- 躍る【おどる】 - to jump up, to spring up, to leap, to move around, to bounce up and down, to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement), to throb, to be messy (of handwriting), to be untidy 
- 小躍り【こおどり】 - dancing or jumping for joy