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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 三 |
さん |
(num) three |
68 |
| 三 |
み |
(num) three |
68 |
| 元 |
もと |
(n,n-suf,n-t) (1) origin; original; (2) former |
93 |
| 紀元前 |
きげんぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) pre-era; B.C. |
1078 |
| 元年 |
がんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year (of a specific reign) |
1106 |
| 三重 |
さんじゅう |
(n) triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate |
1582 |
| 地元 |
じもと |
(n) local |
1586 |
| 元号 |
げんごう |
(n) era name |
1714 |
| 元々 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
1977 |
| 三菱 |
みつびし |
Mitsubishi (company) |
2120 |
| 元素 |
げんそ |
(n) chemical element |
2689 |
| 紀元 |
きげん |
(n) (1) era; (2) A.D. (Christian era) |
2699 |
| 次元 |
じげん |
(n) dimension |
2702 |
| 三振 |
さんしん |
(n,vs) strike out (baseball); fanning out |
3516 |
| 元気 |
げんき |
(adj-na,n) health(y); robust; vigor; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep |
3935 |
| 三国志 |
さんごくし |
Annals of the Three Kingdoms |
4239 |
| 元禄 |
げんろく |
(n) period in the Edo era |
4808 |
| 三男 |
さんなん |
(n) three men; third son |
5007 |
| 三つ |
みっつ |
(n) three |
5066 |
| 復元 |
ふくげん |
(n,vs) restoration (to original state); reconstruction |
5266 |
| 元首 |
げんしゅ |
(n) ruler; sovereign |
5543 |
| 還元 |
かんげん |
(n,vs) resolution; reduction; return to origins |
5667 |
| 元帥 |
げんすい |
(n) (field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army |
6008 |
| 元来 |
がんらい |
(n-adv) originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally |
6344 |
| 三角 |
さんかく |
(n) triangle; triangular |
6601 |
| 改元 |
かいげん |
(n) change of era |
6793 |
| 第三者 |
だいさんしゃ |
(n) third person; outsider; disinterested person |
7140 |
| 元祖 |
がんそ |
(n) originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
7285 |
| 元老 |
げんろう |
(n) elder statesman; authority |
7897 |
| 三日月 |
みかずき |
(ik) (n) new moon; crescent moon |
8386 |
| 三日月 |
みかづき |
(n) new moon; crescent moon |
8386 |
| 三角形 |
さんかくけい |
(adj-no,n) triangle |
8605 |
| 三角形 |
さんかっけい |
(adj-no,n) triangle |
8605 |
| 三塁打 |
さんるいだ |
(n) three-base hit; triple |
8826 |
| 三味線 |
さみせん |
(n) three-stringed Japanese guitar; shamisen |
9074 |
| 三味線 |
しゃみせん |
(n) three-stringed Japanese guitar; shamisen |
9074 |
| 三塁手 |
さんるいしゅ |
(n) third baseman |
9821 |
| 三塁 |
さんるい |
(n) third base |
9898 |
| 三越 |
みつこし |
Mitsukoshi (department store) |
10014 |
| 三種 |
さんしゅ |
(n) three kinds; three varieties |
10691 |
| 御三家 |
ごさんけ |
(n) (1) three branch Tokugawa families; (2) big (top) three |
11054 |
| 手元 |
てもと |
(n) (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse; (2) usual skill |
12327 |
| 家元 |
いえもと |
(n) head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school |
12592 |
| 三次 |
さんじ |
(n) three times; cubic |
12711 |
| 元日 |
がんじつ |
(n) New Year's Day |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぶく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぷく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 三月 |
さんがつ |
(n-adv) March |
13298 |
| 三月 |
みつき |
three months |
13298 |
| 三蔵 |
さんぞう |
(n) three branches of Buddhist sutras |
13488 |
| 三省堂 |
さんせいどう |
Sanseido (publisher) |
13584 |
| 多元 |
たげん |
(n) pluralistic |
13595 |
| 根元 |
こんげん |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 根元 |
ねもと |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 三方 |
さんぼう |
(n) three sides; small offering stand |
13878 |
| 三方 |
さんぽう |
(n) three sides; small offering stand |
13878 |
| 足元 |
あしもと |
(n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step |
14101 |
| 三輪 |
さんりん |
(n) three wheels |
14446 |
| 再三 |
さいさん |
(adv,n) again and again; repeatedly |
15364 |
| 販売元 |
はんばいもと |
(n) selling agency |
15733 |
| 山元 |
やまもと |
(n) owner of a mountain; a mine |
15891 |
| 元旦 |
がんたん |
(n) New Year's Day |
16747 |
| 三昧 |
さんまい |
(n) self-effacement; concentration; absorption |
17195 |
| 三洋 |
さんよう |
Sanyo (company) |
17195 |
| 三宝 |
さんぼう |
(n) 3 treasures of Buddhism: Buddha, sutras and priesthood |
17440 |
| 三宝 |
さんぽう |
(n) 3 treasures of Buddhism: Buddha, sutras and priesthood |
17440 |
| 三位一体 |
さんみいったい |
(n) the Trinity |
18025 |
| 元朝 |
げんちょう |
New Year's morning |
18052 |
| 身元 |
みもと |
(n) person's identity; ID; past; background |
18205 |
| 大元帥 |
だいげんすい |
(n) commander-in-chief; generalissimo |
19044 |
| 一元 |
いちげん |
(adj-no,n) unitary |
19141 |
| 三冠王 |
さんかんおう |
(n) winner of triple crown (baseball) |
19235 |
| 正三角形 |
せいさんかくけい |
(n) equilateral triangle; regular triangle |
19269 |
| 正三角形 |
せいさんかっけい |
(n) equilateral triangle; regular triangle |
19269 |
| 元凶 |
がんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 元凶 |
げんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 三軍 |
さんぐん |
(n) great army; mighty host; whole army |
19861 |
| 三春 |
さんしゅん |
(n) three spring months |
19961 |
| 製造元 |
せいぞうもと |
(n) manufacturer; maker |
20004 |
| 道元 |
どうげん |
Zen monk, 1200-1253 |
20087 |
| 元本 |
がんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 元本 |
げんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 二元論 |
にげんろん |
(n) dualism |
20510 |
| 一元化 |
いちげんか |
(n) unification; centralization |
20712 |
| 三叉路 |
さんさろ |
(n) three-forked road |
20749 |
| 三門 |
さんもん |
(n) large triple gate to temple |
20782 |
| 十三 |
じゅうさん |
13; thirteen |
20782 |
| 三脚 |
さんきゃく |
(adj-no,n) tripod; three legs |
21615 |
| 三国 |
さんごく |
(n) three countries |
22001 |
| 地元民 |
じもとみん |
(n) local people |
22001 |
| 三角州 |
さんかくす |
(n) delta |
22259 |
| 三つ巴 |
みつどもえ |
(n) 3 fat-comma shapes arranged to form a circle |
22341 |
| 三和音 |
さんわおん |
(n) triad |
22385 |
| 三原色 |
さんげんしょく |
(n) three primary colors |
22570 |
| 中元 |
ちゅうげん |
(n) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon gifts |
22687 |
| 三人称 |
さんにんしょう |
(n) (gram) third person |
23088 |
| 三叉 |
さんさ |
(adj-no,n) three-pronged fork; three-pronged |
23134 |
| 三省 |
さんせい |
(n) frequent reflection (meditation) |
23460 |
| 口元 |
くちもと |
(n) the mouth; shape of the mouth; near an entrance |
23635 |
| 三拍子 |
さんびょうし |
(n) triple time (music); 3 important requisites |
23686 |
| 元通り |
もとどおり |
(adj-na,n-t) as before; as ever |
24029 |
| 版元 |
はんもと |
(n) publisher |
24291 |
| 三つ子 |
みつご |
(n) 3-year old; triplets |
24495 |
| 隠元 |
いんげん |
(n) beans |
24551 |
| 三羽烏 |
さんばがらす |
(n) trio; triumvirate; three famous retainers |
24627 |
| 三景 |
さんけい |
(n) three famous beauty spots |
24699 |
| 三枚目 |
さんまいめ |
(n) comedian |
24848 |
| 元締 |
もとじめ |
(n) controller; manager |
25041 |
| 三段跳び |
さんだんとび |
(n) hop, step and jump |
25224 |
| 三が日 |
さんがにち |
(n) first three days of the new year |
25286 |
| 三股 |
さんまた |
(n) forked stick |
25286 |
| 三輪車 |
さんりんしゃ |
(n) three wheeled vehicle (tricycle, motorcycle, etc); three wheeler |
25423 |
| 湯元 |
ゆもと |
(n) source of a hot spring |
25554 |
| 親元 |
おやもと |
(n) one's parents; one's parents' home; one's home |
25630 |
| 二元 |
にげん |
(n) duality |
25705 |
| 元手 |
もとで |
(n) funds; capital; stock |
25918 |
| 三界 |
さんがい |
(n) past, present and future existences |
25918 |
| 胸元 |
むなもと |
(n) breast; pit of stomach |
26001 |
| 三面 |
さんめん |
(n) three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper) |
26001 |
| 元始 |
げんし |
(n) origin |
26157 |
| 膝元 |
ひざもと |
(n) near one's knee |
26319 |
| 元勲 |
げんくん |
(n) elder statesman |
26648 |
| 単元 |
たんげん |
(n) teaching unit |
26730 |
| 三権 |
さんけん |
(n) the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial) |
26991 |
| 三流 |
さんりゅう |
(n) 3rd rate |
27801 |
| 第三国 |
だいさんごく |
(n) a third country |
27801 |
| 三権分立 |
さんけんぶんりつ |
(n) separation of powers (legislative, executive and judicial) |
27901 |
| 多次元 |
たじげん |
(n) multidimensional |
28200 |
| 二等辺三角形 |
にとうへんさんかくけい |
(n) isosceles triangle |
28200 |
| 二等辺三角形 |
にとうへんさんかっけい |
(n) isosceles triangle |
28200 |
| 三唱 |
さんしょう |
(n) 3 cheers; singing three times |
28567 |
| 二人三脚 |
ににんさんきゃく |
(n) a three-legged race |
28681 |
| 紀元節 |
きげんせつ |
(n) (historical) Empire Day |
28975 |
| 蔵元 |
くらもと |
(n) sake brewer; warehouse overseer |
28975 |
| 三重奏 |
さんじゅうそう |
(n) instrumental trio |
29190 |
| 枕元 |
まくらもと |
(n) bedside |
29410 |
| 窯元 |
かまもと |
(n) pottery |
29519 |
| 三十路 |
みそじ |
(n) age thirty |
29632 |
| 三世 |
さんせい |
children of nisei; 3rd generation in US |
29962 |
| 三世 |
さんぜ |
(n) past and present and future existences |
29962 |
| 元利 |
がんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 元利 |
げんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 元締め |
もとじめ |
(n) manager; boss; promoter |
30433 |
| 元方 |
もとかた |
(n) capitalist; wholesaler |
30552 |
| 三助 |
さんすけ |
(n) male bathhouse attendant |
30688 |
| 三途の川 |
さんずのかわ |
(n) the River Styx |
30688 |
| 一元論 |
いちげんろん |
(n) monism |
30832 |
| 三段論法 |
さんだんろんぽう |
(n) syllogism |
30832 |
| 三徳 |
さんとく |
(n) three primary virtues: valour, wisdom and benevolence |
31224 |
| 元三 |
がんざん |
(n-adv,n-t) New Year's Day; January 1 to 3 |
31368 |