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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
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
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
余 よ (n,suf) over; more than 4628
幹事 かんじ (n,vs,exp) executive secretary; coordinator; arranging 4651
余談 よだん (n) digression; sequel (of a story) 4893
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
余儀ない よぎない (adj) unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control 5177
余り あまり (adj-na,adv,n,n-suf) (uk) not very (this form only used as adverb); not much; remainder; rest; remnant; surplus; balance; excess; remains; scraps; residue; fullness; other; too much 5303
余り あんまり (adj-na,adv,n,n-suf) (uk) not very (this form only used as adverb); not much; remainder; rest; remnant; surplus; balance; excess; remains; scraps; residue; fullness; other; too much 5303
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
判事 はんじ (n) judge; judiciary 7413
余裕 よゆう (n) surplus; composure; margin; room; time; allowance; scope; rope 7439
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
商事 しょうじ (n) commercial affairs 7739
古事記 こじき (n) Japan's Ancient Chronicle 8234
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
余剰 よじょう (n) redundant; surplus; residue; balance 9505
余地 よち (n) place; room; margin; scope 9729
議事堂 ぎじどう (n) Diet building 10037
執事 しつじ (n) steward; butler; court official; deacon 10387
返事 へんじ (n,vs) reply; answer 11011
火事 かじ (n) fire; conflagration 11112
時事 じじ (n) events of the day; current affairs 11319
神事 しんじ (n) Shinto rituals 11710
事由 じゆう (n) reason; cause 11892
叙事詩 じょじし (n) descriptive poetry; epic poem 12374
有事 ゆうじ (n) emergency 12592
余る あまる (v5r) to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many 12764
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
余計 よけい (adj-na,adv,n) too much; unnecessary; abundance; surplus; excess; superfluity 13760
海事 かいじ (n) maritime affairs 14220
余りに あまりに too much; excessively; too 14243
参事官 さんじかん (n) councillor 14543
悪事 あくじ (n) evil deed; crime; wickedness 14861
剰余 じょうよ (n) surplus; balance 15096
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
紆余曲折 うよきょくせつ (n) turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes 15865
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
領事館 りょうじかん (n) consulate 17775
余分 よぶん (adj-na,n) extra; excess; surplus 18052
国事 こくじ (n) national affairs 18105
余波 よは (n) after-effect; secondary effect; sequel; consequence; aftermath; trail (of a storm) 18205
余生 よせい (n) one's remaining years 18563
事跡 じせき (n) evidence; trace; vestige 19044
余命 よめい (n) remainder of one's life; one's remaining years 19922
情事 じょうじ (n) love affair; liaison 20278
余暇 よか (n) leisure; leisure time; spare time 20510
余震 よしん (n) aftershock 21530
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
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
事欠く ことかく (v5k) to lack 23460
余興 よきょう (n) side show; entertainment 23460
余力 よりょく (n) spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare 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
余韻 よいん (n) reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); trailing note; lingering memory 24029
茶飯事 さはんじ (n) commonly occurring 24080
余人 よじん (n) others; other people 24217
余人 よにん (n) others; other people 24217
残余 ざんよ (n) remainder; the rest; residue 24291
余白 よはく (n) blank space; margin 24915
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
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
余念 よねん (n) another idea 26817
余程 よっぽど (adv) very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite 27058
余程 よほど (adv) very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite 27058
好事家 こうずか (n) dilettante; person of fantastic taste 27801
用事 ようじ (n) tasks; things to do 27901
余す あます (v5s) to save; to leave over; to spare 28008
後事 こうじ (n) future affairs; affairs after one's death 28300
年余 ねんよ (n) more than a year 28487
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
持て余す もてあます (v5s) to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with 29316
火事場 かじば (n) scene of a fire 29410
祝い事 いわいごと (n) a celebration 29519
余弦 よげん (n) cosine (in trigonometry) 29851
事細か ことこまか (adj-na,n) detail 29962
検事正 けんじせい (n) chief public prosecutor 30433
事大 じだい (n) subserviency to the stronger 30552
余儀 よぎ (n) another method; another problem 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
習い事 ならいごと (n) accomplishment; lesson; practice 31784
諸事 しょじ (n) various matters; everything 32216
雑事 ざつじ (n) miscellaneous matters 32361
賭け事 かけごと (n) gambling 32648