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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 |
| 中継 |
ちゅうけい |
(n) relay; hook-up |
714 |
| 継承 |
けいしょう |
(n,vs) inheritance; succession; accession |
1599 |
| 後継 |
こうけい |
(n) successor |
1844 |
| 継ぐ |
つぐ |
(v5g) to succeed (someone in a business or inheritence) |
1870 |
| 世代 |
せだい |
(n) generation; the world; the age |
1971 |
| 継続 |
けいぞく |
(n,vs) continuation |
2140 |
| 引き継ぐ |
ひきつぐ |
(v5g) to take over; to hand over |
2607 |
| 中世 |
ちゅうせい |
(n-adv,n-t) Middle Ages; mediaeval times |
2653 |
| 世帯 |
せたい |
(n) household |
3167 |
| 受け継ぐ |
うけつぐ |
(v5g) to inherit; to succeed; to take over |
3753 |
| 世界中 |
せかいじゅう |
(n) around or throughout the world |
4067 |
| 世間 |
せけん |
(n) world; society |
5046 |
| 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 |
| 承継 |
しょうけい |
(n) succession; accession; inheritance |
7150 |
| 出世 |
しゅっせ |
(n) promotion; successful career; eminence |
7201 |
| 世話 |
せわ |
(n,vs) looking after; help; aid; assistance |
7596 |
| 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 |
| 世襲 |
せしゅう |
(n) heredity; heritage |
8490 |
| 創世 |
そうせい |
(n) creation of world |
9598 |
| 早世 |
そうせい |
(n) dying young; early death |
10427 |
| 世俗 |
せぞく |
(n) common customs; worldliness; vulgar; popular; the world; the common people |
10821 |
| 中継ぎ |
なかつぎ |
(n,vs) intermediary; agency; brokerage; (electric) relay |
11064 |
| 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 |
| 浮世絵 |
うきよえ |
(n) ukiyoe (color print of everyday life in Edo period) |
13381 |
| 乗り継ぐ |
のりつぐ |
(v5g) to change |
14243 |
| 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 |
| 継室 |
けいしつ |
(n) second wife |
14830 |
| 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 |
| 語り継ぐ |
かたりつぐ |
(v5g) to transmit; to hand down |
15527 |
| 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 |
| 引継ぎ |
ひきつぎ |
(n) inheriting |
18495 |
| 世界銀行 |
せかいぎんこう |
World Bank |
19922 |
| 引継ぐ |
ひきつぐ |
(v5g) to take over; to hand over |
20087 |
| 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 |
| 継母 |
けいぼ |
(n) stepmother |
20854 |
| 継母 |
ままはは |
(n) stepmother |
20854 |
| 跡継ぎ |
あとつぎ |
(n) heir; successor |
21836 |
| 見世物 |
みせもの |
(n) a show |
22113 |
| 継電器 |
けいでんき |
(n) (electric) relay |
22445 |
| 世辞 |
せじ |
(n) flattery; compliment |
22687 |
| 乱世 |
らんせい |
(n) troubled times; turbulent times |
22804 |
| あの世 |
あのよ |
(n) the other world; world of the dead |
23038 |
| 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 |
| 継嗣 |
けいし |
(n) successor; heir; heiress |
23799 |
| 引き継ぎ |
ひきつぎ |
(n) inheriting |
24154 |
| 今世紀 |
こんせいき |
(n) this century |
24495 |
| 月世界 |
げっせかい |
(n) moon; lunar world |
24627 |
| 継投 |
けいとう |
(n) relieving the (starting) pitcher |
25041 |
| 世直し |
よなおし |
(n) world reformation |
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 |
| 継ぎ |
つぎ |
(n) a patch |
26157 |
| 四半世紀 |
しはんせいき |
(n) quarter of a century |
26730 |
| 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 |
| 継ぎ目 |
つぎめ |
(n) a joint; joining point |
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 |
| 矢継ぎ早 |
やつぎばや |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) rapid succession (e.g. questions) |
28975 |
| 当世 |
とうせい |
(n-adv,n-t) present-day; nowadays |
29086 |
| 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 |
| 継子 |
けいし |
(n) stepchild |
30552 |
| 継子 |
ままこ |
(n) stepchild |
30552 |
| 渡世 |
とせい |
(n) livelihood; subsistence; business |
30552 |
| 厭世 |
えんせい |
(n) pessimism; weariness with life |
30832 |
| 世人 |
せじん |
(n) the people; the public; the world |
31368 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 継ぎ手 |
つぎて |
(n) a coupler; a splice; a successor; an heir |
32964 |
| 息継ぎ |
いきつぎ |
(n) a breather; a breathing spell |
32964 |
| 継父 |
けいふ |
(n) stepfather |
33111 |
| 継父 |
ままちち |
(n) stepfather |
33111 |
| 御世 |
みよ |
(n) imperial reign |
33282 |
| 不世出 |
ふせいしゅつ |
(n) rare; extraordinary; unparalleled |
33282 |
| 継ぎ足す |
つぎたす |
(v5s) to add (coals to a fire) |
34034 |
| 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 |
| 世上 |
せじょう |
(n) the world |
35139 |
| 俗世間 |
ぞくせけん |
(n) the workaday world |
35139 |
| 三千世界 |
さんぜんせかい |
(n) the whole world; the universe |
35357 |
| 世話物 |
せわもの |
(n) play dealing with the lives of ordinary people |
35357 |
| 観世音 |
かんぜおん |
(n) Avalokitesvara (bodhisattva of mercy and salvation); Kwannon; Kuan Yin |
35577 |
| 出世魚 |
しゅっせうお |
(n) fish that are called by different names as they grow larger |
36169 |
| 千世 |
ちよ |
(n) (1) thousand years; (2) very long period; forever |
36620 |
| 下世話 |
げせわ |
(n) common saying; common phrase |
37130 |
| 一世一代 |
いっせいいちだい |
(n) once in a lifetime; of one's lifetime |
37405 |
| 一世一代 |
いっせいちだい |
(n) once in a lifetime; of one's lifetime |
37405 |
| 出世頭 |
しゅっせがしら |
(n) most successful man |
37405 |
| 継目 |
つぎめ |
(n) joint; seam |
37706 |
| 遁世 |
とんせい |
(n) seclusion from the world |
37706 |
| 継ぎ接ぎ |
つぎはぎ |
(n) patching (and darning) |
38001 |
| 洪積世 |
こうせきせい |
(n) diluvial epoch |
38001 |
| 世々 |
よよ |
(n-adv,n-t) for generations; hereditary; generation after generation |
38001 |
| 世捨て人 |
よすてびと |
(n) hermit; recluse |
38588 |
| 継走 |
けいそう |
(n) relay race |
39571 |
| 末世 |
まっせ |
(n) last days |
39571 |
| 希世 |
きせい |
(n) rare; uncommon |
39920 |
| 常世の国 |
とこよのくに |
(n) distant country; heaven; hades |
39920 |
| 終世 |
しゅうせい |
(n-adv,n-t) lifelong |
41039 |
| 当世風 |
とうせいふう |
(adj-no,n) latest (fashion, hairstyle etc); up-to-date |
41039 |
| 世銀 |
せぎん |
(n) (abbr) World Bank |
41444 |
| 時世 |
じせい |
(n) the times |
41904 |
| 沖積世 |
ちゅうせきせい |
(n) alluvial period |
42342 |
| 継起 |
けいき |
(n,vs) occurring in succession |
42893 |
| 継夫 |
けいふ |
second husband |
42893 |
| 警世 |
けいせい |
(n) warning (to society) |
42893 |
| 歴世 |
れきし |
successive generations; successive emperors |
42893 |
| 世事 |
せじ |
(n) worldly affairs |
43447 |
| 世知 |
せち |
(n) wordly wisdom; stingy person |
43447 |
| 浮き世 |
うきよ |
(n) fleeting life; this transient world; sad world |
43447 |
| 銀世界 |
ぎんせかい |
(n) snowscape |
44061 |
| 世才 |
せさい |
(n) worldly wisdom; practical wisdom; prudence; shrewdness |
44061 |
| 稀世 |
きせい |
(n) rare |
44709 |
| 曲学阿世 |
きょくがくあせい |
(n) prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times |
44709 |
| 人世 |
じんせい |
(n) this world; life |
44709 |