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Entry Reading English Rank
こと (n) thing; matter; fact; circumstances; business; reason; experience 88
事業 じぎょう (n) project; enterprise; business; industry; operations 259
事件 じけん (n) event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal 276
記事 きじ (n) article; news story; report; account 328
事務所 じむしょ (n) office 899
事実 じじつ (n-adv,n) fact; truth; reality 947
事故 じこ (n) accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons 991
工事 こうじ (n) construction work 1049
刑事 けいじ (n) criminal case; (police) detective 1067
仕事 しごと (adj-no,n) work; occupation; employment 1235
軍事 ぐんじ (n) military affairs 1313
事項 じこう (n) matter; item; facts 1332
事務 じむ (n) business; office work 1787
理事 りじ (n) director; board of directors 1990
事情 じじょう (n) circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons 2228
出来事 できごと (n) incident; affair; happening; event 2449
事典 じてん (n) cyclopedia; encyclopedia 2599
事態 じたい (n) situation; present state of affairs; circumstances 2605
知事 ちじ (n) prefectural governor 2819
行事 ぎょうじ (n) event; function 2876
事例 じれい (n) example; precedent 3660
寄せる よせる (v1) to collect; to gather; to add; to put aside 3762
従事 じゅうじ (n,vs) engaging; pursuing; following 3912
事前 じぜん (adj-no,n) prior; beforehand; in advance 4230
食事 しょくじ (n,vs) meal 4265
見事 みごと (adj-na,n) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable 4533
幹事 かんじ (n,vs,exp) executive secretary; coordinator; arranging 4651
祭事 さいじ (n) festival; rites; ritual 4915
師事 しじ (n,vs) study under; looking up; apprentice oneself 5032
県知事 けんちじ (n) prefectural governor 5048
民事 みんじ (n) civil affairs; civil case 5512
人事 じんじ (n) personnel affairs; human affairs 5610
人事 ひとごと (n) other's affairs 5610
検事 けんじ (n) public prosecutor 6666
無事 ぶじ (adj-na,n) safety; peace; quietness 6696
当事者 とうじしゃ (n) person concerned; interested party 6713
寄付 きふ (n,vs) contribution; donation 6846
寄与 きよ (n,vs) contribution; service 6946
寄生 きせい (n,vs) parasitism; parasite 7127
判事 はんじ (n) judge; judiciary 7413
大事 おおごと (adj-na,n) important; valuable; serious matter 7511
大事 だいじ (adj-na,n) important; valuable; serious matter 7511
年寄 としより (n) old people; the aged 7555
事象 じしょう (n) phenomenon; matter 7576
商事 しょうじ (n) commercial affairs 7739
古事記 こじき (n) Japan's Ancient Chronicle 8234
最寄り もより (adj-no,n) nearest; neighbouring; nearby 8372
事務次官 じむじかん (n) permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister 8809
事物 じぶつ (n) things; affairs 8839
不祥事 ふしょうじ (n) scandal; deplorable event 8870
事柄 ことがら (n) matter; thing; affair; circumstance 8876
家事 かじ (n) housework; domestic chores 9249
物事 ものごと (n) things; everything 9249
事変 じへん (n) accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency 9293
寄贈 きそう (n) donation; presentation 9346
寄贈 きぞう (n) donation; presentation 9346
議事堂 ぎじどう (n) Diet building 10037
執事 しつじ (n) steward; butler; court official; deacon 10387
寄席 よせ (n) musical hall; vaudeville 10677
寄稿 きこう (n,vs) contribution (e.g. to newspaper) 10725
返事 へんじ (n,vs) reply; answer 11011
火事 かじ (n) fire; conflagration 11112
寄る よる (v5r) to visit; to drop in; to approach 11215
時事 じじ (n) events of the day; current affairs 11319
神事 しんじ (n) Shinto rituals 11710
寄進 きしん (n,vs) contribution; donation 11844
事由 じゆう (n) reason; cause 11892
立ち寄る たちよる (v5r) to stop by; to drop in for a short visit 12206
叙事詩 じょじし (n) descriptive poetry; epic poem 12374
寄港 きこう (n) stopping at a port 12547
有事 ゆうじ (n) emergency 12592
何事 なにごと (n) what; something; everything; nothing (with neg. verb) 13449
議事 ぎじ (n) proceedings 13449
事後 じご (n) after-; post-; ex- 13525
呼び寄せる よびよせる (v1) to call; to summon; to send for; to call together 13558
故事 こじ (n) origin; historical fact; tradition 13595
寄生虫 きせいちゅう (n) parasite 13878
海事 かいじ (n) maritime affairs 14220
参事官 さんじかん (n) councillor 14543
悪事 あくじ (n) evil deed; crime; wickedness 14861
人事院 じんじいん (n) National Personnel Authority 15353
惨事 さんじ (n) disaster; horrible accident 15502
押し寄せる おしよせる (v1) to push aside; to advance on 15546
事案 じあん (n) concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem 15654
領事 りょうじ (n) consul 15714
参事 さんじ (n) secretary; councillor 16160
主事 しゅじ (n) manager; director; secretary 16195
事績 じせき (n) achievement; exploit; merits 16390
府知事 ふちじ (n) prefectural governor 16730
総領事館 そうりょうじかん (n) consulate-general 16953
寄託 きたく (n,vs) deposit; entrusting 17023
寄宿舎 きしゅくしゃ (n) boarding house; school dormitory 17636
領事館 りょうじかん (n) consulate 17775
寄せ よせ (n,n-suf) last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame 17941
引き寄せる ひきよせる (v1) to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair) 18077
国事 こくじ (n) national affairs 18105
事跡 じせき (n) evidence; trace; vestige 19044
年寄り としより (n) old people; the aged 19504
近寄る ちかよる (v5r) to approach; to draw near 20242
情事 じょうじ (n) love affair; liaison 20278
寄宿 きしゅく (n) lodging 20360
取り寄せる とりよせる (v1) to order; to send away for 20782
珍事 ちんじ (n) strange or unusual occurrence 21694
仕事場 しごとば (n) place where one works; construction site; working area 21927
寄附 きふ (n,vs) contribution; donation 22113
寄せ付ける よせつける (v1) to get close to 22259
詰め寄る つめよる (v5r) to draw near; to draw closer 22948
総領事 そうりょうじ (n) consul general 22948
願い事 ねがいごと (n) wish; dream; prayer; one's desire 23295
炊事 すいじ (n) cooking; culinary arts 23345
寄り添う よりそう (v5u) to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to 23399
事欠く ことかく (v5k) to lack 23460
当事 とうじ (n) matter under concern 23520
事実無根 じじつむこん (n) groundless; entirely contrary to fact 23686
監事 かんじ (n) manager; supervisor 23799
茶飯事 さはんじ (n) commonly occurring 24080
農事 のうじ (n) farming; agriculture 24980
政事 せいじ (n) political affairs 25041
公事 くじ (n) political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit 25286
公事 こうじ (n) government business 25286
外事 がいじ (n) foreign affairs 25358
言い寄る いいよる (v5r) to court; to woo; to approach defiantly 25554
攻め寄せる せめよせる (v1) to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on) 25705
宇宙開発事業団 うちゅうかいはつじぎょうだん NASDA; National Space Development Agency 25918
万事 ばんじ (n) all; everything 26157
医事 いじ (n) medical practice 26398
持ち寄る もちよる (v5r) to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something) 26494
身寄り みより (n) relative 27433
駆け寄る かけよる (v5r) to rush over; to run up to 27617
好事家 こうずか (n) dilettante; person of fantastic taste 27801
忍び寄る しのびよる (v5r) to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed 27801
用事 ようじ (n) tasks; things to do 27901
後事 こうじ (n) future affairs; affairs after one's death 28300
事足りる ことたりる (v1) to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied 28681
揉め事 もめごと (n) quarrel; trouble; dispute; friction (between people) 28780
火事場 かじば (n) scene of a fire 29410
祝い事 いわいごと (n) a celebration 29519
事細か ことこまか (adj-na,n) detail 29962
歩み寄る あゆみよる (v5r) to step up; to compromise; to meet halfway 30195
検事正 けんじせい (n) chief public prosecutor 30433
事大 じだい (n) subserviency to the stronger 30552
数寄屋 すきや (n) tea-ceremony arbor 30552
仏事 ぶつじ (n) Buddhist memorial service 30832
約束事 やくそくごと (n) promise 30832
芸事 げいごと (n) accomplishments 30969
古事 こじ (n) ancient events 31088
一事 いちじ (n) one thing 31368
法事 ほうじ (n) Buddhist memorial service 31368
慶事 けいじ (n) auspicious event 31527
寄り道 よりみち (n,vs) dropping in on the way 31648