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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 鉄道 |
てつどう |
(n) railroad |
37 |
| 道 |
みち |
(n) road; street; way; method |
43 |
| 道路 |
どうろ |
(n) road; highway |
161 |
| 国道 |
こくどう |
(n) national highway |
165 |
| 北海道 |
ほっかいどう |
northernmost of four main islands of Japan |
249 |
| 伝説 |
でんせつ |
(n) tradition; legend; folklore |
810 |
| 都道府県 |
とどうふけん |
(n) administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures |
838 |
| 県道 |
けんどう |
(n) prefectural road |
920 |
| 軌道 |
きどう |
(n) (1) orbit; (2) railroad track |
1052 |
| 伝 |
つて |
(n) intermediary; good offices; connections; someone to trust |
1277 |
| 伝 |
てん |
legend; tradition; life; biography; comment; communication |
1277 |
| 報道 |
ほうどう |
(n) information; report |
1391 |
| 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 |
| 街道 |
かいどう |
(n) highway |
1515 |
| 道具 |
どうぐ |
(n) implement; tool; means |
2547 |
| 東海道 |
とうかいどう |
Tokaido (name of Edo-Kyoto highway) |
2605 |
| 遺伝子 |
いでんし |
(adj-na,n) gene; genetic |
3106 |
| 宣伝 |
せんでん |
(n,vs) propaganda; publicity |
3130 |
| 柔道 |
じゅうどう |
(n) judo |
3136 |
| 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 |
| 水道 |
すいどう |
(n) water service; water supply |
4650 |
| 神道 |
しんとう |
(n) Shinto |
5015 |
| 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 |
| 駅伝 |
えきでん |
(n) stagecoach; post horse |
5159 |
| 道場 |
どうじょう |
(n) (arch) dojo; hall used for martial arts training; mandala |
5162 |
| 修道院 |
しゅうどういん |
(n) monastery; convent; cloister; abbey |
5924 |
| 剣道 |
けんどう |
(n) kendo; swordmanship; fencing |
6092 |
| 修道 |
しゅうどう |
(n) learning; studying the fine arts |
6092 |
| 武道 |
ぶどう |
(n) martial arts; military arts; Bushido |
6275 |
| 歩道 |
ほどう |
(n) footpath; walkway; sidewalk |
6605 |
| 片道 |
かたみち |
(n) one-way (trip) |
6612 |
| 市道 |
しどう |
(n) municipal roads |
6862 |
| 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 |
| 道徳 |
どうとく |
(n) morals |
7364 |
| 伝記 |
でんき |
(n) biography; life story |
7601 |
| 新道 |
しんどう |
(n) new road |
7702 |
| 道道 |
みちみち |
(adv,n) along the way |
7988 |
| 旧道 |
きゅうどう |
(n) old road |
8098 |
| 書道 |
しょどう |
(n) calligraphy |
8348 |
| 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 |
| 東名高速道路 |
とうめいこうそくどうろ |
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway |
8575 |
| 道中 |
どうちゅう |
(n-adv,n-t) along the way; journey |
8720 |
| 手伝う |
てつだう |
(v5u) to help; to assist; to take part in |
8803 |
| 赤道 |
せきどう |
(n) equator |
8865 |
| 弾道 |
だんどう |
(n) ballistic |
8884 |
| 伝来 |
でんらい |
(adj-no,n) ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down |
9205 |
| 茶道 |
さどう |
(n) tea ceremony; Way of Tea |
9659 |
| 茶道 |
ちゃどう |
(ok) (n) tea ceremony; Way of Tea |
9659 |
| 下水道 |
げすいどう |
(n) drain; sewer; drainage system |
9698 |
| 弓道 |
きゅうどう |
(n) (Japanese) archery |
9854 |
| 中道 |
ちゅうどう |
(n) the middle road; middle of the road; mean; moderation |
10060 |
| 軽便鉄道 |
けいびんてつどう |
(n) narrow-gauge railroad; light railway |
10299 |
| 軽便鉄道 |
けいべんてつどう |
(n) narrow-gauge railroad; light railway |
10299 |
| 伝道 |
でんどう |
(n,vs) proselytizing; evangelism; missionary work |
10323 |
| 極道 |
ごくどう |
(adj-na,n) profligate |
10344 |
| 農道 |
のうどう |
(n) farm road |
10449 |
| 大道 |
だいどう |
(n) main street; avenue |
10743 |
| 伝染 |
でんせん |
(n) contagion |
10756 |
| 林道 |
りんどう |
(n) path through forest; woodland path |
10954 |
| 伝播 |
でんぱ |
(n,vs) transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination |
11112 |
| 上水道 |
じょうすいどう |
(n) waterworks |
11351 |
| 正道 |
せいどう |
(n) path of righteousness; path of duty; the right track; the correct path |
11660 |
| 正道 |
まさみち |
(n) path of righteousness; path of duty; the right track; the correct path |
11660 |
| 車道 |
しゃどう |
(n) roadway |
11817 |
| 手伝い |
てつだい |
(n) help; helper; assistant |
12060 |
| 公道 |
こうどう |
(n) public road; justice |
12177 |
| 道教 |
どうきょう |
(n) Taoism |
12187 |
| 魔道 |
まどう |
(n) heresy; evil ways |
12374 |
| 山道 |
さんどう |
(n) mountain road; mountain trail |
12649 |
| 山道 |
やまみち |
(n) mountain road; mountain trail |
12649 |
| 花道 |
かどう |
(n) flower arrangement |
12729 |
| 花道 |
はなみち |
(n) passage through audience to stage |
12729 |
| 人道 |
じんどう |
(n) humanity; sidewalk |
12756 |
| 地下道 |
ちかどう |
(n) subterranean tunnel |
13033 |
| 合気道 |
あいきどう |
(n) (MA) aikido; way of harmony with the universe |
13120 |
| 伝授 |
でんじゅ |
(n,vs) initiation; instruction |
13313 |
| 外道 |
げどう |
(n) heretical doctrine |
13439 |
| 索道 |
さくどう |
(n) overhead freight-carrying cable |
13503 |
| 坂道 |
さかみち |
(n) hill road |
13790 |
| 参道 |
さんどう |
(n) road approaching a shrine |
13790 |
| 沿道 |
えんどう |
(n) route; course; roadside |
13845 |
| 入道 |
にゅうどう |
(n) entering the priesthood; priest |
13937 |
| 小道具 |
こどうぐ |
(n) props; (stage) properties; gadgets |
14057 |
| 華道 |
かどう |
(n) flower arrangement |
14101 |
| 遊歩道 |
ゆうほどう |
(n) promenade; esplanade |
14101 |
| 海道 |
かいどう |
(n) sea route |
14126 |
| 道士 |
どうし |
(n) a person of high morals; a Taoist |
14184 |
| 歩道橋 |
ほどうきょう |
(n) pedestrian bridge |
14316 |
| 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 |
| 水道局 |
すいどうきょく |
water bureau or department |
14898 |
| 王道 |
おうどう |
(n) principles of royalty; rule of right |
14982 |
| 黄道 |
おうどう |
(n) ecliptic |
15149 |
| 黄道 |
こうどう |
(n) ecliptic |
15149 |
| 古道 |
こどう |
(n) old road; ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning |
15259 |
| 地道 |
じみち |
(adj-na,n) steady |
15431 |
| 食道 |
しょくどう |
(n) esophageal |
15460 |
| 飛び道具 |
とびどうぐ |
(n) firearms; missile; projectile weapon |
15907 |
| 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 |
| 人道的 |
じんどうてき |
(adj-na,n) humane |
17023 |
| 秘伝 |
ひでん |
(n) secret; mystery; secret formula |
17216 |
| 道化師 |
どうけし |
(n) a clown |
17325 |
| 非道 |
ひどう |
(adj-na,n) unjust; inhuman |
17564 |
| 文武両道 |
ぶんぶりょうどう |
(n) (accomplished in) both the literary and military arts |
17968 |
| 自叙伝 |
じじょでん |
(n) autobiography |
18077 |
| 道筋 |
みちすじ |
(n) path; route; itinerary |
18155 |
| 本道 |
ほんどう |
(n) highway; main road; the right road |
18728 |
| 大道具 |
おおどうぐ |
(n) stage setting; scenery |
19044 |
| 尿道 |
にょうどう |
(n) urethra |
19235 |
| 天道 |
てんとう |
(n) Providence; the sun; way of heaven; destiny; divine justice |
19476 |
| 天道 |
てんどう |
(n) Providence; the sun; way of heaven; destiny; divine justice |
19476 |
| 大道芸 |
だいどうげい |
(n) street performing |
19504 |
| 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 |
| 道家 |
どうか |
(n) a Taoist |
19534 |
| 道義 |
どうぎ |
(n) morality; moral principles |
19629 |
| 邪道 |
じゃどう |
(n) evil course; heresy |
19693 |
| 細道 |
ほそみち |
(n) narrow path or lane |
19756 |
| 伝習 |
でんしゅう |
(n) learning |
19861 |
| 道元 |
どうげん |
Zen monk, 1200-1253 |
20087 |
| 散歩道 |
さんぽみち |
(n) promenade; walk; esplanade |
20128 |
| 道楽 |
どうらく |
(adj-na,n) hobby; pastime; dissipation; dissipated |
20175 |
| 気道 |
きどう |
(n) respiratory tract; air duct |
20473 |
| 喧伝 |
けんでん |
(n,vs) widely talked about |
20551 |
| 道のり |
みちのり |
(n) distance; way |
20551 |
| 坑道 |
こうどう |
(n) tunnel; (mine) level |
20749 |
| 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 |
| 道標 |
どうひょう |
(n) (1) guidepost; signpost; guide; (2) tiger beetle |
21743 |
| 道標 |
みちしるべ |
(n) (1) guidepost; signpost; guide; (2) tiger beetle |
21743 |
| 道端 |
みちばた |
(n) roadside; wayside |
21836 |
| 道連れ |
みちづれ |
(n) fellow traveler |
22001 |
| 伝馬 |
てんま |
(n) post horse |
22057 |
| 報道陣 |
ほうどうじん |
(n) press corps |
22113 |
| 上下水道 |
じょうげすいどう |
(n) water and sewer services |
22212 |
| 通り道 |
とおりみち |
(n) passage; path; route; one's way |
22305 |
| 家伝 |
かでん |
(n) family history (tradition) |
22749 |
| 伝聞 |
でんぶん |
(n,vs) hearsay; rumor; report |
22948 |