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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 世界 |
せかい |
(n) the world; society; the universe |
79 |
| 世 |
よ |
(n) world; society; age; generation |
183 |
| 世紀 |
せいき |
(n) century; era |
258 |
| 伝説 |
でんせつ |
(n) tradition; legend; folklore |
810 |
| 伝 |
つて |
(n) intermediary; good offices; connections; someone to trust |
1277 |
| 伝 |
てん |
legend; tradition; life; biography; comment; communication |
1277 |
| 伝える |
つたえる |
(v1) to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath |
1405 |
| 伝統 |
でんとう |
(n) tradition; convention |
1485 |
| 世代 |
せだい |
(n) generation; the world; the age |
1971 |
| 中世 |
ちゅうせい |
(n-adv,n-t) Middle Ages; mediaeval times |
2653 |
| 遺伝子 |
いでんし |
(adj-na,n) gene; genetic |
3106 |
| 宣伝 |
せんでん |
(n,vs) propaganda; publicity |
3130 |
| 世帯 |
せたい |
(n) household |
3167 |
| 伝わる |
つたわる |
(v5r) to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along |
3226 |
| 伝承 |
でんしょう |
(n,vs) transmission; hand down (information); legend; tradition; folklore |
3847 |
| 外伝 |
がいでん |
(n) supplementary biography; anecdote |
3953 |
| 世界中 |
せかいじゅう |
(n) around or throughout the world |
4067 |
| 伝達 |
でんたつ |
(n) transmission (e.g. news); communication; delivery |
5029 |
| 遺伝 |
いでん |
(adj-na,n,vs) heredity; inherent |
5044 |
| 世間 |
せけん |
(n) world; society |
5046 |
| 駅伝 |
えきでん |
(n) stagecoach; post horse |
5159 |
| 近世 |
きんせい |
(n) recent times |
5414 |
| 後世 |
こうせい |
(n-adv,n) posterity; future life; life to come |
5583 |
| 世界一 |
せかいいち |
(n-adv,n-t) best in the world |
5806 |
| 治世 |
ちせい |
(n) rule; reign; peaceful times; regime; dynasty |
6652 |
| 伝導 |
でんどう |
(n,vs) conduction; transmission |
7044 |
| 伝送 |
でんそう |
(n) transmission; communication; circulation; dissemination; diffusion; propagation; delivery |
7135 |
| 出世 |
しゅっせ |
(n) promotion; successful career; eminence |
7201 |
| 世話 |
せわ |
(n,vs) looking after; help; aid; assistance |
7596 |
| 伝記 |
でんき |
(n) biography; life story |
7601 |
| 世論 |
せろん |
(n) public opinion |
7756 |
| 世論 |
よろん |
(n) public opinion |
7756 |
| 次世代 |
じせだい |
(n) next (future) generation |
7841 |
| 列伝 |
れつでん |
(n) series of biographies |
8431 |
| 世襲 |
せしゅう |
(n) heredity; heritage |
8490 |
| 自伝 |
じてん |
rotation; turning |
8550 |
| 自伝 |
じでん |
(n) autobiography |
8550 |
| 手伝う |
てつだう |
(v5u) to help; to assist; to take part in |
8803 |
| 伝来 |
でんらい |
(adj-no,n) ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down |
9205 |
| 創世 |
そうせい |
(n) creation of world |
9598 |
| 伝道 |
でんどう |
(n,vs) proselytizing; evangelism; missionary work |
10323 |
| 早世 |
そうせい |
(n) dying young; early death |
10427 |
| 伝染 |
でんせん |
(n) contagion |
10756 |
| 世俗 |
せぞく |
(n) common customs; worldliness; vulgar; popular; the world; the common people |
10821 |
| 伝播 |
でんぱ |
(n,vs) transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination |
11112 |
| 救世主 |
きゅうせいしゅ |
(n) saviour; messiah |
11643 |
| 世の中 |
よのなか |
(n) society; the world; the times |
11902 |
| 手伝い |
てつだい |
(n) help; helper; assistant |
12060 |
| 伝授 |
でんじゅ |
(n,vs) initiation; instruction |
13313 |
| 浮世絵 |
うきよえ |
(n) ukiyoe (color print of everyday life in Edo period) |
13381 |
| 一世 |
いっせ |
(n) a lifetime; a generation; foreign immigrant; Japanese immigrant to USA |
14342 |
| 一世 |
いっせい |
(n) a lifetime; a generation; foreign immigrant; Japanese immigrant to USA |
14342 |
| 伝奇 |
でんき |
(n) romance (fiction) |
14489 |
| 伝言 |
つてごと |
(n,vs) verbal message; rumor; word |
14861 |
| 伝言 |
でんごん |
(n,vs) verbal message; rumor; word |
14861 |
| 前世 |
ぜんせ |
(n) previous existence |
14921 |
| 前世 |
ぜんせい |
(n) antiquity; the previous era |
14921 |
| 救世 |
きゅうせい |
(n) salvation |
15061 |
| 現世 |
げんせ |
(n) present (transient) world (Buddhism); the present age; life |
15294 |
| 現世 |
げんせい |
(n) present (transient) world (Buddhism); the present age; life |
15294 |
| 現世 |
げんぜ |
(n) present (transient) world (Buddhism); the present age; life |
15294 |
| 世相 |
せそう |
(n) (1) phase of life; sign of the times; (2) world (social) conditions; society |
15609 |
| 世子 |
せいし |
(n) heir; successor |
15771 |
| 永世 |
えいせい |
(n) eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence |
16546 |
| 言い伝え |
いいつたえ |
(n) tradition; legend |
16730 |
| 評伝 |
ひょうでん |
(n) a critical biography |
16983 |
| 秘伝 |
ひでん |
(n) secret; mystery; secret formula |
17216 |
| 自叙伝 |
じじょでん |
(n) autobiography |
18077 |
| 伝法 |
でんぼう |
(adj-na,n) teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado |
19534 |
| 伝法 |
でんぽう |
(adj-na,n) teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado |
19534 |
| 伝習 |
でんしゅう |
(n) learning |
19861 |
| 世界銀行 |
せかいぎんこう |
World Bank |
19922 |
| 喧伝 |
けんでん |
(n,vs) widely talked about |
20551 |
| 辞世 |
じせい |
(n) passing away; death; death poem |
20588 |
| 浮世 |
うきよ |
(n) fleeting life; this transient world; sad world |
20588 |
| 口伝 |
くでん |
(n) oral tradition; tradition; oral instruction |
20854 |
| 口伝 |
こうでん |
(n) oral tradition; tradition; oral instruction |
20854 |
| 正伝 |
せいでん |
(n) authentic biography |
21039 |
| 伝言板 |
でんごんばん |
(n) message board |
21314 |
| 伝令 |
でんれい |
(n) messenger; orderly; runner |
21615 |
| 伝馬 |
てんま |
(n) post horse |
22057 |
| 見世物 |
みせもの |
(n) a show |
22113 |
| 世辞 |
せじ |
(n) flattery; compliment |
22687 |
| 家伝 |
かでん |
(n) family history (tradition) |
22749 |
| 乱世 |
らんせい |
(n) troubled times; turbulent times |
22804 |
| 伝聞 |
でんぶん |
(n,vs) hearsay; rumor; report |
22948 |
| あの世 |
あのよ |
(n) the other world; world of the dead |
23038 |
| お手伝い |
おてつだい |
(n,vs) maid; help |
23186 |
| 世話人 |
せわにん |
(n) sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent |
23399 |
| 世話人 |
せわびと |
(n) sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent |
23399 |
| 伝搬 |
でんぱん |
(n,vs) transmission; propagation; spread |
24217 |
| 伝票 |
でんぴょう |
(n) chit; sales slip; voucher |
24217 |
| 伝う |
つたう |
(v5u) to go along; to walk along; to follow |
24291 |
| 今世紀 |
こんせいき |
(n) this century |
24495 |
| 直伝 |
じきでん |
(n) direct transmission (of mysteries or skill); initiation |
24551 |
| 月世界 |
げっせかい |
(n) moon; lunar world |
24627 |
| 古伝 |
こでん |
(n) legend; tradition |
24980 |
| 世直し |
よなおし |
(n) world reformation |
25224 |
| 略伝 |
りゃくでん |
(n) biographical sketch |
25224 |
| 来世 |
らいせ |
(n) the next world; the future; posterity |
25358 |
| 来世 |
らいせい |
(n) the next world; the future; posterity |
25358 |
| 在世 |
ざいせい |
(n) being alive; living |
25705 |
| 世継ぎ |
よつぎ |
(n) heir; successor |
25918 |
| 絶世 |
ぜっせい |
(adj-no,n) peerless; unequaled; matchless |
26001 |
| 伝書鳩 |
でんしょばと |
(n) carrier pigeon; homing pigeon |
26080 |
| 言い伝える |
いいつたえる |
(v1) to send word |
26730 |
| 四半世紀 |
しはんせいき |
(n) quarter of a century |
26730 |
| 相伝 |
そうでん |
(n) inheritance |
27433 |
| 万世 |
ばんせい |
(n-adv) all ages; eternity |
27433 |
| 万世 |
よろずよ |
(n-adv,n-t) thousands of years; eternity; all generations |
27433 |
| 経伝 |
けいでん |
(n) sacred texts |
27801 |
| 免許皆伝 |
めんきょかいでん |
(n) initiation into the secrets (of an art) |
27801 |
| 別世界 |
べっせかい |
(n) another world |
27901 |
| 世情 |
せじょう |
(n) the ways of the world; human nature |
28300 |
| 常世 |
とこよ |
(n) distant |
28975 |
| 当世 |
とうせい |
(n-adv,n-t) present-day; nowadays |
29086 |
| 立志伝 |
りっしでん |
(n) success story |
29190 |
| 渡世人 |
とせいにん |
(n) gambler |
29632 |
| 三世 |
さんせい |
children of nisei; 3rd generation in US |
29962 |
| 三世 |
さんぜ |
(n) past and present and future existences |
29962 |
| 浮世草子 |
うきよぞうし |
(n) (Edo-period variety of) realistic literature |
30195 |
| 経世 |
けいせい |
(n) administration; government; conduct of state affairs |
30552 |
| 渡世 |
とせい |
(n) livelihood; subsistence; business |
30552 |
| 皆伝 |
かいでん |
(n) initiation into an art or discipline |
30688 |
| 厭世 |
えんせい |
(n) pessimism; weariness with life |
30832 |
| 小伝 |
しょうでん |
(n) biographical sketch |
30832 |
| 人伝 |
ひとづて |
(n) hearsay; message |
31088 |
| 世人 |
せじん |
(n) the people; the public; the world |
31368 |
| 伝え |
つたえ |
(n) legend; tradition |
31648 |
| 伝奏 |
でんそう |
(n,vs) delivering a message to the emperor |
31648 |
| 立身出世 |
りっしんしゅっせ |
(n) success in life |
31648 |
| 処世 |
しょせい |
(n) conduct |
31784 |
| 史伝 |
しでん |
(n) history and biography; historical material |
32076 |
| 上世 |
かみつよ |
(n) antiquity; ancient times |
32076 |
| 上世 |
じょうせい |
(n) antiquity; ancient times |
32076 |
| 仲見世 |
なかみせ |
(n) nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine |
32361 |
| 世渡り |
よわたり |
(n) making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence |
32501 |
| 隔世 |
かくせい |
(n) previous age |
32648 |
| 俗世 |
ぞくせい |
(n) this world; earthly life |
32648 |
| 世評 |
せひょう |
(n) reputation; public opinion |
32784 |
| 伝え聞く |
つたえきく |
(v5k) to learn by hearsay |
32964 |
| 一子相伝 |
いっしそうでん |
(n) transmission of a trade secret from father to a son |
33282 |
| 御世 |
みよ |
(n) imperial reign |
33282 |
| 不世出 |
ふせいしゅつ |
(n) rare; extraordinary; unparalleled |
33282 |
| 世間体 |
せけんてい |
(n) appearance (in the eyes of society); decency |
34034 |
| 世話好き |
せわずき |
(adj-na,n) obliging person |
34034 |
| 世話焼き |
せわやき |
(n) a bother; a meddlesome person |
34381 |
| 伝家 |
でんか |
(n) heirloom; trump card; last resort; family tradition |
34761 |
| 伝単 |
でんたん |
(n) leaflet |
34955 |
| 世上 |
せじょう |
(n) the world |
35139 |