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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 初 |
はつ |
(adj-no,n,n-suf) first; new |
239 |
| 当初 |
とうしょ |
(n-adv,n-t) at first |
423 |
| 最初 |
さいしょ |
(adj-no,n-adv,n-t) beginning; outset; first; onset |
521 |
| 初期 |
しょき |
(adj-no,n) (1) early (days); initial stage; (2) (computer) initial |
713 |
| 初代 |
しょだい |
(n) first generation; founder |
720 |
| 初めて |
はじめて |
(adv,n) for the first time |
814 |
| 食べる |
たべる |
(v1) to eat |
1320 |
| 食 |
しょく |
(n) meal; (one's) diet; food; foodstuff(s) |
1747 |
| 食品 |
しょくひん |
(n) commodity; foodstuff |
1765 |
| 初版 |
しょはん |
(n) first edition |
2729 |
| 初め |
はじめ |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning; start; origin |
3104 |
| 初頭 |
しょとう |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning |
3504 |
| 初演 |
しょえん |
(n) first performance |
3879 |
| 初回 |
しょかい |
(n) first time |
4127 |
| 食事 |
しょくじ |
(n,vs) meal |
4265 |
| 食堂 |
しょくどう |
(n) cafeteria; dining hall |
4912 |
| 飲食 |
いんしょく |
(n) food and drink; eating and drinking |
5078 |
| 食用 |
しょくよう |
(n) for use as food; edible |
5624 |
| 食料 |
しょくりょう |
(n) food |
5665 |
| 食物 |
しょくもつ |
(n) food; foodstuff |
6697 |
| 食べ物 |
たべもの |
(n) food |
6763 |
| 初出 |
しょしゅつ |
(n) first appearance |
6897 |
| 食材 |
しょくざい |
(n) (1) ingredient; (2) foodstuff |
6916 |
| 捕食 |
ほしょく |
(n,vs) predation; eating prey; preying upon |
7095 |
| 食う |
くう |
(v5u) (male) (vulg) to eat |
7324 |
| 初心者 |
しょしんしゃ |
(n) beginner |
7543 |
| 初等 |
しょとう |
(n) elementary; primary |
7929 |
| 初戦 |
しょせん |
(n) first match (in a series) |
8583 |
| 初恋 |
はつこい |
(n) first love; puppy love |
8899 |
| 食糧 |
しょくりょう |
(n) provisions; rations |
9015 |
| 初日 |
しょにち |
(n-adv,n-t) first or opening day |
9288 |
| 初日 |
はつひ |
(n) New Year's Day sunrise |
9288 |
| 肉食 |
にくしょく |
(n) meat diet |
9886 |
| 給食 |
きゅうしょく |
(n,vs) school lunch; providing a meal |
10549 |
| 食肉 |
しょくにく |
(n) meat (for consumption) |
10845 |
| 食らう |
くらう |
(v5u) to eat; to drink; to receive (blow) |
11606 |
| 食卓 |
しょくたく |
(n) dining table |
11677 |
| 外食 |
がいしょく |
(n) eating out |
12510 |
| 腐食 |
ふしょく |
(n) corrosion |
12698 |
| 食器 |
しょっき |
(n) tableware |
12764 |
| 食中毒 |
しょくちゅうどく |
(n) food poisoning |
13463 |
| 侵食 |
しんしょく |
(n,vs) infringement; violation |
13503 |
| 朝食 |
ちょうしょく |
(n) breakfast |
13730 |
| 初級 |
しょきゅう |
(n) elementary level |
13810 |
| 初夏 |
しょか |
(n) early summer |
14184 |
| 主食 |
しゅしょく |
(n) staple food |
14503 |
| 初舞台 |
はつぶたい |
(n) debut; initial stage appearance |
14677 |
| 日食 |
にっしょく |
(n) solar eclipse |
14818 |
| 食い止める |
くいとめる |
(v1) to check; to hold back |
15332 |
| 食塩 |
しょくえん |
(n) table salt |
15396 |
| 食欲 |
しょくよく |
(n) appetite (for food) |
15431 |
| 初旬 |
しょじゅん |
(n-adv,n) first 10 days of the month |
15448 |
| 食道 |
しょくどう |
(n) esophageal |
15460 |
| 軽食 |
けいしょく |
(n) light meal |
15925 |
| 初速 |
しょそく |
(n) (physics) initial velocity |
15972 |
| 初詣 |
はつもうで |
(n) first temple visit of New Year |
16015 |
| 和食 |
わしょく |
(n) Japanese-style meal |
16065 |
| 夕食 |
ゆうしょく |
(n) evening meal; dinner |
16414 |
| 初段 |
しょだん |
(n) lowest grade; first grade |
16460 |
| 定食 |
ていしょく |
(n) set meal; special (of the day) |
16506 |
| 洋食 |
ようしょく |
(n) Western-style meal |
16614 |
| 初年 |
しょねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year; early years (of a reign or era) |
16822 |
| 食い込む |
くいこむ |
(v5m) to eat into |
16983 |
| 初対面 |
しょたいめん |
(n) first meeting; first interview with |
17195 |
| 昼食 |
ちゅうしょく |
(n) lunch; midday meal |
17344 |
| 昼食 |
ちゅうじき |
(n) lunch; midday meal |
17344 |
| 昼食 |
ひるげ |
(n) lunch; midday meal |
17344 |
| 食生活 |
しょくせいかつ |
(n) eating habits |
17564 |
| 年初 |
ねんしょ |
(n-adv,n) beginning of the year; New Year's greetings |
17636 |
| 草食 |
そうしょく |
(n) herbivorous |
17710 |
| 初音 |
はつね |
(n) first warbling heard in a New Year |
17994 |
| 浸食 |
しんしょく |
(n,vs) erosion; corrosion |
18267 |
| 断食 |
だんじき |
(n,vs) fasting |
18267 |
| 初号 |
しょごう |
(n) first number issue of a magazine |
18299 |
| 初陣 |
ういじん |
(n) first campaign; one's first battle |
19141 |
| 雑食 |
ざっしょく |
(n) omnivorous |
19579 |
| 乞食 |
こじき |
(n) beggar; begging |
19756 |
| 乞食 |
こつじき |
(n) beggar; begging |
19756 |
| 食い違い |
くいちがい |
(n) discrepancy; different or conflicting opinions |
20588 |
| 初乗り |
はつのり |
(n) first ride |
20854 |
| 美食 |
びしょく |
(n) delicious or gourmet food |
20989 |
| 太初 |
たいしょ |
(n) beginning of the world |
21087 |
| 菜食 |
さいしょく |
(n) vegetable diet |
21314 |
| 原初 |
げんしょ |
(n) origin(al); source; first |
21530 |
| 試食 |
ししょく |
(n) sampling food |
21694 |
| 初歩 |
しょほ |
(adj-no,n) elements; rudiments; ABC's of.. |
21927 |
| 餌食 |
えじき |
(n) prey; victim |
22165 |
| 月食 |
げっしょく |
(n) lunar eclipse |
22493 |
| 食い違う |
くいちがう |
(v5u) to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry |
22615 |
| 初場所 |
はつばしょ |
(n) first day of a sumo tournament; New Year's sumo tournament |
22804 |
| 初春 |
しょしゅん |
(n) early spring; New Year |
23235 |
| 初春 |
はつはる |
(n) early spring; New Year |
23235 |
| 常食 |
じょうしょく |
(n,vs) daily food; regular diet; staple food |
23460 |
| 食いしん坊 |
くいしんぼう |
(adj-no,n) glutton; gourmand |
24627 |
| 食パン |
しょくパン |
(n) plain bread |
24980 |
| 初球 |
しょきゅう |
(n) pitcher's first pitch (to batter) |
25041 |
| 大食漢 |
たいしょくかん |
(n) great eater; glutton |
25358 |
| 初老 |
しょろう |
(n) middle-aged; aging; age 40 |
25630 |
| 夜食 |
やしょく |
(n) supper; night meal |
25767 |
| 食後 |
しょくご |
(n-t) after a meal |
25918 |
| 食通 |
しょくつう |
(n) gourmet |
25918 |
| 見初める |
みそめる |
(v1) to see for the first time; to fall in love at first sight |
26157 |
| 食虫植物 |
しょくちゅうしょくぶつ |
(n) insectivorous plants |
26157 |
| 会食 |
かいしょく |
(n) dining together; mess |
26240 |
| 初心 |
しょしん |
(adj-na,n) original intention; initial resolution |
26398 |
| 初日の出 |
はつひので |
(exp) first sunrise (of New Year) |
26398 |
| 食わず嫌い |
くわずぎらい |
(n) prejudice against (some food); aversion without even trying |
26578 |
| 糧食 |
りょうしょく |
(n) provisions |
26893 |
| 共食い |
ともぐい |
(n) cannibalism (in animals); mutual destruction; internecine struggle; eating each other; damaging each other |
26991 |
| 海食 |
かいしょく |
(n,vs) marine erosion |
27330 |
| 初夜 |
しょや |
(n) first night; first watch of the night; bridal night |
27433 |
| 初子 |
ういご |
(n) first child |
27901 |
| 初子 |
はつご |
(n) first child |
27901 |
| 初雪 |
はつゆき |
(n) first snow (of season) |
27901 |
| 食客 |
いそうろう |
(n) house guest; (euph.) free-loader |
28008 |
| 食客 |
しょっかく |
(n) house guest; (euph.) free-loader |
28008 |
| 食客 |
しょっきゃく |
(n) house guest; (euph.) free-loader |
28008 |
| 食費 |
しょくひ |
(n) food expense |
28115 |
| 絶食 |
ぜっしょく |
(n) fasting |
28115 |
| 大食 |
たいしょく |
(n) gluttony |
28115 |
| 初秋 |
しょしゅう |
(n) early autumn |
28487 |
| 初発 |
しょはつ |
(n) start; first departure |
28567 |
| 食らわす |
くらわす |
(v5s) to make s'one eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick) |
28681 |
| 食券 |
しょっけん |
(n) meal ticket |
28681 |
| 虫食い |
むしくい |
(n) worm-eaten |
29316 |
| 初夢 |
はつゆめ |
(n) year's first dream |
29410 |
| 衣食住 |
いしょくじゅう |
(n) necessities of life (food, clothing, etc.) |
29519 |
| 過食 |
かしょく |
(n,vs) overeating |
29962 |
| 本初 |
ほんしょ |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning; origin; start |
30195 |
| 食い荒らす |
くいあらす |
(v5s) to devour; to work at various things; to eat some of everything |
30688 |
| 貪食 |
どんしょく |
(n) voracity; ravenousness |
30832 |
| 副食 |
ふくしょく |
(n) side dish; supplementary food |
31088 |
| 食餌 |
しょくじ |
(n) dietary cure |
31224 |
| 偏食 |
へんしょく |
(n) unbalanced diet |
31224 |
| 初婚 |
しょこん |
(n) first marriage |
31648 |
| 初冬 |
しょとう |
(n-adv,n) early winter; 10th lunar month |
31648 |
| 食い逃げ |
くいにげ |
(n,vs) running away without paying for food; bilk |
31930 |
| 防食 |
ぼうしょく |
(n) protection against corrosion |
32216 |
| 初手 |
しょて |
(n) beginning; start |
32361 |
| 食い下がる |
くいさがる |
(v5r) to hang on to; to doff |
32501 |
| 食前 |
しょくぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) before meals |
32501 |
| 間食 |
かんしょく |
(n) eating between meals; snacking |
32648 |
| 寝食 |
しんしょく |
(n) bed and food; eating and sleeping |
32784 |
| 食い物 |
くいもの |
(n) food; prey; victim |
33111 |
| 粉食 |
ふんしょく |
(n) powdered food |
33111 |
| 暴食 |
ぼうしょく |
(n) surfeit |
33111 |
| 弱肉強食 |
じゃくにくきょうしょく |
(n) The survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle |
33282 |
| 離乳食 |
りにゅうしょく |
(n) baby food |
33462 |
| 立食 |
りっしょく |
(n) stand-up meal; buffet |
33830 |
| 日本食 |
にほんしょく |
(n) Japanese food; Japanese meal |
34212 |