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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 名 |
な |
(n) name; reputation |
41 |
| 文化 |
ぶんか |
(n) culture; civilization |
281 |
| 名前 |
なまえ |
(n) name |
360 |
| 名称 |
めいしょう |
(n) name |
376 |
| 文字 |
もじ |
(n) letter (of alphabet); character |
545 |
| 文字 |
もんじ |
(n) letter (of alphabet); character |
545 |
| 有名 |
ゆうめい |
(adj-na,n) fame |
614 |
| 文学 |
ぶんがく |
(n) literature |
741 |
| 文 |
ふみ |
(n) letter; writings |
765 |
| 文 |
ぶん |
(n) sentence |
765 |
| 字 |
あざ |
(n,suf) section of village |
836 |
| 字 |
じ |
(n) character; hand-writing |
836 |
| 本名 |
ほんみょう |
(n) real name |
1009 |
| 本名 |
ほんめい |
(n) real name |
1009 |
| 文庫 |
ぶんこ |
(n) library; book collection |
1048 |
| 文献 |
ぶんけん |
(n) literature; books (reference) |
1219 |
| 大名 |
だいみょう |
(n) Japanese feudal lord |
1226 |
| 社名 |
しゃめい |
(n) name of company |
1411 |
| 別名 |
べつみょう |
(n) alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume |
1559 |
| 別名 |
べつめい |
(n) alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume |
1559 |
| 文化財 |
ぶんかざい |
(n) cultural assets; cultural property |
1725 |
| 地名 |
ちめい |
(n) place name |
1729 |
| 名誉 |
めいよ |
(adj-na,n) honor; credit; prestige |
1764 |
| 名乗る |
なのる |
(v5r) to call oneself (name, label, etc) |
1998 |
| 文書 |
ぶんしょ |
(n) document; writing; letter; note; records; archives |
2076 |
| 文書 |
もんじょ |
(n) document; writing; letter; note; records; archives |
2076 |
| 漢字 |
かんじ |
(n) Chinese characters; kanji |
2078 |
| 名所 |
めいしょ |
(n) famous place |
2243 |
| 命名 |
めいめい |
(n,vs) naming; christening |
2245 |
| 名義 |
めいぎ |
(n) name |
2252 |
| 数字 |
すうじ |
(n) numeral; figure |
2291 |
| 指名 |
しめい |
(n,vs) name; nominate; designate |
2312 |
| 著名 |
ちょめい |
(adj-na,n) well-known; noted; celebrated |
2341 |
| 仮 |
か |
(suf) tentative; provisional |
2615 |
| 仮 |
かり |
(adj-no,n) temporary; provisional; informal; unauthorized; fleeting; assumed (name); interim; acting |
2615 |
| 天文 |
てんもん |
(n) astronomy |
2680 |
| 文明 |
ぶんめい |
(n) civilization; culture |
2713 |
| 大字 |
おおあざ |
(n) (1) larger section (of village); (2) large character |
2771 |
| 駅名 |
えきめい |
(n) station name |
2795 |
| 英文 |
えいぶん |
(n) sentence in English |
2811 |
| 改名 |
かいめい |
(n,vs) name change |
2811 |
| 仮面 |
かめん |
(n) (1) mask; (2) disguise |
2885 |
| 文章 |
ぶんしょう |
(n) sentence; article |
2905 |
| 人名 |
じんめい |
(n) person's name |
2986 |
| 論文 |
ろんぶん |
(n) thesis; essay; treatise; paper |
3111 |
| 同名 |
どうみょう |
(n) same name |
3228 |
| 同名 |
どうめい |
(n) same name |
3228 |
| 有名人 |
ゆうめいじん |
(n) celebrity |
3228 |
| 学名 |
がくめい |
(n) technical name (often the internationally accepted Latin, scientific, or Linnaean name of plants and animals) |
3242 |
| 天文学 |
てんもんがく |
(n) astronomy |
3264 |
| 文学部 |
ぶんがくぶ |
(n) department (faculty) of literature |
3495 |
| 署名 |
しょめい |
(n,vs) signature |
3836 |
| 文部 |
もんぶ |
(n) (abbr) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
4053 |
| 文芸 |
ぶんげい |
(n) literature; art and literature; belles-lettres |
4054 |
| 英名 |
えいめい |
(n) (1) fame; glory; reputation; (2) English name of plants and animals |
4070 |
| 名人 |
めいじん |
(n) master; expert |
4167 |
| 国名 |
こくめい |
(n) country name |
4267 |
| 和名 |
わみょう |
(n) Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana) |
4333 |
| 和名 |
わめい |
(n) Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana) |
4333 |
| 芸名 |
げいめい |
(n) stage name |
4382 |
| 名付ける |
なづける |
(v1) to name (someone) |
4552 |
| 知名度 |
ちめいど |
(n) degree of familiarity; popularity |
4585 |
| 文法 |
ぶんぽう |
(n) grammar |
4677 |
| 天文台 |
てんもんだい |
(n) astronomical observatory |
4705 |
| 氏名 |
しめい |
(n) full name; identity |
4842 |
| 仮名 |
かな |
(n) (uk) Japanese syllabary (alphabets); kana |
4929 |
| 仮名 |
かめい |
(n) alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; (NB the karina reading is the origin of the word `kana') |
4929 |
| 仮名 |
かりな |
(ok) (n) alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; (NB the karina reading is the origin of the word `kana') |
4929 |
| 仮名 |
けみょう |
(ok) (n) alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; (NB the karina reading is the origin of the word `kana') |
4929 |
| 題名 |
だいめい |
(n) title |
5003 |
| 異名 |
いみょう |
(n) another name; nickname; alias |
5204 |
| 異名 |
いめい |
(n) another name; nickname; alias |
5204 |
| 名づける |
なづける |
(v1) to name (someone) |
5232 |
| 本文 |
ほんぶん |
(n) text (of document); body (of letter) |
5253 |
| 本文 |
ほんもん |
(n) text (of document); body (of letter) |
5253 |
| 文藝春秋 |
ぶんげいしゅんじゅう |
name of publishing company |
5277 |
| 頭文字 |
かしらもじ |
(n) initials; first letter of a word |
5449 |
| 呪文 |
じゅもん |
(n) spell; charm; incantation |
5523 |
| 名門 |
めいもん |
(n) noted family; noble family |
5907 |
| 仮想 |
かそう |
(n) imagination; supposition; potential (enemy) |
5921 |
| 名物 |
めいぶつ |
(n) famous product; special product; speciality |
5942 |
| 太字 |
ふとじ |
(n) boldface; bold-type; thick characters |
6026 |
| 名詞 |
めいし |
(n) noun |
6074 |
| 幼名 |
ようみょう |
(n) childhood name |
6119 |
| 幼名 |
ようめい |
(n) childhood name |
6119 |
| 赤字 |
あかじ |
(n) deficit; go in the red |
6238 |
| 人文 |
じんぶん |
(n) humanity; civilization; culture |
6326 |
| 人文 |
じんもん |
(n) humanity; civilization; culture |
6326 |
| 仮称 |
かしょう |
(n) temporary name |
6419 |
| 町名 |
ちょうめい |
(n) name of a town or street |
6424 |
| 名目 |
めいもく |
(n) nominal |
6427 |
| 仮説 |
かせつ |
(n) hypothesis; supposition; temporary; provisional; fictional |
6513 |
| 名作 |
めいさく |
(n) masterpiece |
6688 |
| 字幕 |
じまく |
(n) title; subtitle |
6783 |
| 文政 |
ぶんせい |
(n) educational policies or administration |
6799 |
| あだ名 |
あだな |
(n) nickname |
6831 |
| 名残 |
なごり |
(n) remains; traces; memory |
6855 |
| 呼び名 |
よびな |
(n) given name; popular name |
6948 |
| 十字軍 |
じゅうじぐん |
(n) Crusades; Crusaders |
7115 |
| 名声 |
めいせい |
(n) fame |
7344 |
| 注文 |
ちゅうもん |
(n,vs) order; request |
7389 |
| 代名詞 |
だいめいし |
(n) pronoun |
7393 |
| 無名 |
むめい |
(adj-no,n) unsigned; nameless; anonymous; anonymity |
7446 |
| ローマ字 |
ローマじ |
(n) romanization; Roman letters |
7454 |
| 文部省 |
もんぶしょう |
(n) (abbr) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
7511 |
| 仮に |
かりに |
(adv) temporarily; provisionally; for example; for argument's sake |
7628 |
| 襲名 |
しゅうめい |
(n) succession to another's professional name |
7635 |
| 苗字 |
みょうじ |
(n) surname; family name |
7912 |
| 小文字 |
こもじ |
(n) lower case letters |
7935 |
| 縄文 |
じょうもん |
(n) Jomon period; straw-rope pattern |
7973 |
| 旧名 |
きゅうめい |
(n) former name; maiden name |
8010 |
| 匿名 |
とくめい |
(n) anonymity; pseudonym |
8191 |
| 字体 |
じたい |
(n) type; font; lettering |
8231 |
| 仮定 |
かてい |
(n,vs) assumption; supposition; hypothesis |
8239 |
| 曲名 |
きょくめい |
(n) song title(s) |
8431 |
| 名曲 |
めいきょく |
(n) famous music |
8560 |
| 東名高速道路 |
とうめいこうそくどうろ |
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway |
8575 |
| 活字 |
かつじ |
(n) printing type |
8622 |
| 光文社 |
こうぶんしゃ |
Koubunsha (publisher) |
8717 |
| 十字架 |
じゅうじか |
(n) cross; the Cross (of Christ) |
8730 |
| 名簿 |
めいぼ |
(n) register of names |
8795 |
| 名高い |
なだかい |
(adj) famous; celebrated; well-known |
8839 |
| 十字 |
じゅうじ |
(adj-na,n) cross; crossed; cruciform |
8884 |
| 実名 |
じつめい |
(n) real name |
8988 |
| 文字通り |
もじどおり |
(n-adv) literally |
9010 |
| 条文 |
じょうぶん |
(n) text; provisions (act, treaty) |
9015 |
| 文脈 |
ぶんみゃく |
(n) context |
9038 |
| 名跡 |
みょうせき |
(n) family name |
9079 |
| 名跡 |
めいせき |
(n) famous historic spot |
9079 |
| 大文字 |
おおもじ |
(n) (1) upper case letters; large characters |
9265 |
| 大文字 |
だいもんじ |
(n) (1) upper case letters; large characters; (2) the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; (3) huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year |
9265 |
| 赤十字 |
せきじゅうじ |
(n) Red Cross |
9293 |
| 十字路 |
じゅうじろ |
(n) crossroads |
9346 |
| 文句 |
もんく |
(n) phrase; complaint |
9633 |
| 役名 |
やくめい |
(n) official title |
9638 |
| 文化庁 |
ぶんかちょう |
(Japan's) Agency for Cultural Affairs |
10080 |
| 名字 |
みょうじ |
(n) surname; family name |
10094 |
| 文治 |
ぶんじ |
(n) civil administration |
10279 |
| 文治 |
ぶんち |
(n) civil administration |
10279 |
| 名手 |
めいしゅ |
(n) expert |
10361 |
| 原文 |
げんぶん |
(n) the text; original |
10368 |
| 構文 |
こうぶん |
(n) syntax; sentence structure |
10725 |
| 印字 |
いんじ |
(n,vs) copying |
10767 |
| 全文 |
ぜんぶん |
(n) whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph |
10830 |
| 字母 |
じぼ |
(n) letter (of the alphabet); phonetic script |
10892 |
| 名勝 |
めいしょう |
(n) place of scenic beauty; the sights |
11011 |
| 字形 |
じけい |
(n) character style or form |
11097 |
| 戒名 |
かいみょう |
(n) posthumous Buddhist name |
11225 |
| 法名 |
ほうみょう |
(n) priest's name or posthumous Buddhist name |
11233 |
| 平仮名 |
ひらがな |
(n) hiragana; 47 syllables; the cursive syllabary |
11400 |