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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 事 |
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 |
| 伝説 |
でんせつ |
(n) tradition; legend; folklore |
810 |
| 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 |
| 伝 |
つて |
(n) intermediary; good offices; connections; someone to trust |
1277 |
| 伝 |
てん |
legend; tradition; life; biography; comment; communication |
1277 |
| 軍事 |
ぐんじ |
(n) military affairs |
1313 |
| 事項 |
じこう |
(n) matter; item; facts |
1332 |
| 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 |
| 継承 |
けいしょう |
(n,vs) inheritance; succession; accession |
1599 |
| 事務 |
じむ |
(n) business; office work |
1787 |
| 理事 |
りじ |
(n) director; board of directors |
1990 |
| 詩 |
し |
(n) poem; verse of poetry |
2018 |
| 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 |
| 詩人 |
しじん |
(n) poet |
2953 |
| 遺伝子 |
いでんし |
(adj-na,n) gene; genetic |
3106 |
| 宣伝 |
せんでん |
(n,vs) propaganda; publicity |
3130 |
| 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 |
| 承認 |
しょうにん |
(n) recognition; acknowledgement; approval; consent; agreement |
3356 |
| 承る |
うけたまわる |
(v5r) (hum) to hear; to be told; to know |
3482 |
| 事例 |
じれい |
(n) example; precedent |
3660 |
| 伝承 |
でんしょう |
(n,vs) transmission; hand down (information); legend; tradition; folklore |
3847 |
| 従事 |
じゅうじ |
(n,vs) engaging; pursuing; following |
3912 |
| 外伝 |
がいでん |
(n) supplementary biography; anecdote |
3953 |
| 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 |
| 伝達 |
でんたつ |
(n) transmission (e.g. news); communication; delivery |
5029 |
| 師事 |
しじ |
(n,vs) study under; looking up; apprentice oneself |
5032 |
| 遺伝 |
いでん |
(adj-na,n,vs) heredity; inherent |
5044 |
| 県知事 |
けんちじ |
(n) prefectural governor |
5048 |
| 駅伝 |
えきでん |
(n) stagecoach; post horse |
5159 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 承継 |
しょうけい |
(n) succession; accession; inheritance |
7150 |
| 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 |
| 事象 |
じしょう |
(n) phenomenon; matter |
7576 |
| 伝記 |
でんき |
(n) biography; life story |
7601 |
| 商事 |
しょうじ |
(n) commercial affairs |
7739 |
| 古事記 |
こじき |
(n) Japan's Ancient Chronicle |
8234 |
| 列伝 |
れつでん |
(n) series of biographies |
8431 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 詩集 |
ししゅう |
(n) poetry anthology |
9001 |
| 伝来 |
でんらい |
(adj-no,n) ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down |
9205 |
| 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 |
| 昇叙 |
しょうじょ |
(n) promotion; advancement |
9898 |
| 承諾 |
しょうだく |
(n,vs) consent; acquiescence; agreement |
10024 |
| 議事堂 |
ぎじどう |
(n) Diet building |
10037 |
| 伝道 |
でんどう |
(n,vs) proselytizing; evangelism; missionary work |
10323 |
| 執事 |
しつじ |
(n) steward; butler; court official; deacon |
10387 |
| 叙 |
じょ |
(n,vs) relation; narration; description |
10410 |
| 作詩 |
さくし |
(n) versification; verse making |
10501 |
| 叙任 |
じょにん |
(n) investiture |
10725 |
| 伝染 |
でんせん |
(n) contagion |
10756 |
| 返事 |
へんじ |
(n,vs) reply; answer |
11011 |
| 火事 |
かじ |
(n) fire; conflagration |
11112 |
| 伝播 |
でんぱ |
(n,vs) transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination |
11112 |
| 時事 |
じじ |
(n) events of the day; current affairs |
11319 |
| 詩篇 |
しへん |
(n) The Psalms |
11660 |
| 神事 |
しんじ |
(n) Shinto rituals |
11710 |
| 事由 |
じゆう |
(n) reason; cause |
11892 |
| 手伝い |
てつだい |
(n) help; helper; assistant |
12060 |
| 了承 |
りょうしょう |
(n,vs) acknowledgement; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation") |
12116 |
| 叙事詩 |
じょじし |
(n) descriptive poetry; epic poem |
12374 |
| 有事 |
ゆうじ |
(n) emergency |
12592 |
| 伝授 |
でんじゅ |
(n,vs) initiation; instruction |
13313 |
| 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 |
| 故事 |
こじ |
(n) origin; historical fact; tradition |
13595 |
| 海事 |
かいじ |
(n) maritime affairs |
14220 |
| 漢詩 |
かんし |
(n) Chinese poetry |
14353 |
| 伝奇 |
でんき |
(n) romance (fiction) |
14489 |
| 参事官 |
さんじかん |
(n) councillor |
14543 |
| 悪事 |
あくじ |
(n) evil deed; crime; wickedness |
14861 |
| 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 |
| 承知 |
しょうち |
(n,vs) consent; acceptance; assent; admitting; acknowledgment; compliance; agreement; awareness |
15199 |
| 人事院 |
じんじいん |
(n) National Personnel Authority |
15353 |
| 惨事 |
さんじ |
(n) disaster; horrible accident |
15502 |
| 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 |
| 叙勲 |
じょくん |
(n) conferring of decorations |
16460 |
| 言い伝え |
いいつたえ |
(n) tradition; legend |
16730 |
| 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 |
| 評伝 |
ひょうでん |
(n) a critical biography |
16983 |
| 秘伝 |
ひでん |
(n) secret; mystery; secret formula |
17216 |
| 領事館 |
りょうじかん |
(n) consulate |
17775 |
| 自叙伝 |
じじょでん |
(n) autobiography |
18077 |
| 国事 |
こくじ |
(n) national affairs |
18105 |
| 叙情 |
じょじょう |
(n) lyricism; description or expression of one's feelings |
18441 |
| 狂詩曲 |
きょうしきょく |
(n) rhapsody |
18673 |
| 叙述 |
じょじゅつ |
(n) description |
18793 |
| 事跡 |
じせき |
(n) evidence; trace; vestige |
19044 |
| 詩作 |
しさく |
(n) composition of a poem |
19344 |
| 風物詩 |
ふうぶつし |
(n) things which remind one of a particular season |
19403 |
| 詩歌 |
しいか |
(n) Japanese (& Chinese) poetry |
19476 |
| 詩歌 |
しか |
(n) Japanese (& Chinese) poetry |
19476 |
| 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 |
| 叙位 |
じょい |
(n) investiture |
19579 |
| 伝習 |
でんしゅう |
(n) learning |
19861 |
| 情事 |
じょうじ |
(n) love affair; liaison |
20278 |
| 喧伝 |
けんでん |
(n,vs) widely talked about |
20551 |
| 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 |
| 吟遊詩人 |
ぎんゆうしじん |
(n) troubadour; minstrel |
21397 |
| 伝令 |
でんれい |
(n) messenger; orderly; runner |
21615 |
| 詩文 |
しぶん |
(n) poetry and prose; literary works |
21694 |
| 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 |
| 伝馬 |
てんま |
(n) post horse |
22057 |
| 相承 |
そうしょう |
(n) inheritance |
22212 |