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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 元 |
もと |
(n,n-suf,n-t) (1) origin; original; (2) former |
93 |
| 開始 |
かいし |
(n,vs) start; commencement; beginning |
184 |
| 始める |
はじめる |
(v1,vt) to start; to begin |
749 |
| 始まる |
はじまる |
(v5r,vi) to begin |
802 |
| 祭 |
まつり |
(n) festival; feast |
871 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 祭り |
まつり |
(n) festival; feast |
2514 |
| 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 |
| 始め |
はじめ |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning; start; origin |
3567 |
| 元気 |
げんき |
(adj-na,n) health(y); robust; vigor; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep |
3935 |
| 始発 |
しはつ |
(n) first train |
4714 |
| 始まり |
はじまり |
(n) origin; beginning |
4778 |
| 元禄 |
げんろく |
(n) period in the Edo era |
4808 |
| 祭事 |
さいじ |
(n) festival; rites; ritual |
4915 |
| 復元 |
ふくげん |
(n,vs) restoration (to original state); reconstruction |
5266 |
| 創始 |
そうし |
(n) creation; founding; initiating |
5521 |
| 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 |
| 原始 |
げんし |
(n) origin; primeval |
6584 |
| 改元 |
かいげん |
(n) change of era |
6793 |
| 祭神 |
さいしん |
(n) enshrined deity |
7234 |
| 祭神 |
さいじん |
(n) enshrined deity |
7234 |
| 元祖 |
がんそ |
(n) originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
7285 |
| 司祭 |
しさい |
(n) (Catholic) priest; rabbi |
7643 |
| 元老 |
げんろう |
(n) elder statesman; authority |
7897 |
| 祭典 |
さいてん |
(n) festival |
8572 |
| 大祭 |
たいさい |
(n) grand festival |
8994 |
| 始祖 |
しそ |
(n) founder; originator; pioneer |
9059 |
| 終始 |
しゅうし |
(adv,n,vs) (1) beginning and end; from beginning to end; doing a thing from beginning to end; (2) consistent(ly) |
9452 |
| 祭祀 |
さいし |
(n) ritual; religious service; festival |
9963 |
| 始動 |
しどう |
(n) starting (in machines) |
10249 |
| 始末 |
しまつ |
(n,vs) (1) management; (2) dealing; settlement; (3) cleaning up afterwards |
10258 |
| 祭礼 |
さいれい |
(n) (religious) festival |
11885 |
| 手元 |
てもと |
(n) (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse; (2) usual skill |
12327 |
| 例祭 |
れいさい |
(n) regular festival; annual festival |
12342 |
| 家元 |
いえもと |
(n) head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school |
12592 |
| 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 |
| 年始 |
ねんし |
(n-t) New Year's call; beginning of the year; New Year's greetings |
12994 |
| 祭る |
まつる |
(v5r) to deify; to enshrine |
13503 |
| 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 |
| 祝祭日 |
しゅくさいじつ |
(n) national holiday |
13927 |
| 足元 |
あしもと |
(n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step |
14101 |
| 祭壇 |
さいだん |
(n) altar |
15502 |
| 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 |
| 始発駅 |
しはつえき |
(n) starting station |
15952 |
| 元旦 |
がんたん |
(n) New Year's Day |
16747 |
| 祭司 |
さいし |
(n) priest |
17366 |
| 始業 |
しぎょう |
(n) start of work; commencement; opening |
17833 |
| 祝祭 |
しゅくさい |
(n) festivals; feasts |
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 |
| 祭日 |
さいじつ |
(n) national holiday; festival day |
18728 |
| 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 |
| 祇園祭 |
ぎおんまつり |
(n) Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th) |
19476 |
| 始終 |
しじゅう |
(adv,n) continuously; from beginning to end |
19579 |
| 元凶 |
がんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 元凶 |
げんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 製造元 |
せいぞうもと |
(n) manufacturer; maker |
20004 |
| 前夜祭 |
ぜんやさい |
(n) Christmas Eve; the eve (of festival) |
20047 |
| 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 |
| 謝肉祭 |
しゃにくさい |
(n) the carnival |
20676 |
| 一元化 |
いちげんか |
(n) unification; centralization |
20712 |
| 秋祭り |
あきまつり |
(n) autumn festival |
21277 |
| 地元民 |
じもとみん |
(n) local people |
22001 |
| 中元 |
ちゅうげん |
(n) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon gifts |
22687 |
| 冠婚葬祭 |
かんこんそうさい |
(n) important ceremonial occasions in family relationships |
23235 |
| 手始め |
てはじめ |
(n) outset |
23399 |
| 口元 |
くちもと |
(n) the mouth; shape of the mouth; near an entrance |
23635 |
| 元通り |
もとどおり |
(adj-na,n-t) as before; as ever |
24029 |
| 更始 |
こうし |
(n) renewal; reform |
24154 |
| 祭儀 |
さいぎ |
(n) rites; ritual |
24291 |
| 版元 |
はんもと |
(n) publisher |
24291 |
| 隠元 |
いんげん |
(n) beans |
24551 |
| 元締 |
もとじめ |
(n) controller; manager |
25041 |
| 湯元 |
ゆもと |
(n) source of a hot spring |
25554 |
| 一部始終 |
いちぶしじゅう |
(n) full particulars; the whole story |
25630 |
| 助祭 |
じょさい |
(n) (Catholic) deacon |
25630 |
| 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 |
| 胸元 |
むなもと |
(n) breast; pit of stomach |
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 |
| 葬祭 |
そうさい |
(n) funerals and ceremonial occasions |
26893 |
| 始期 |
しき |
(n) beginning period; initial term |
26991 |
| 祭り上げる |
まつりあげる |
(v1) to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs |
27521 |
| 祭主 |
さいしゅ |
(n) (head) priest; head priest of the Ise Shrine |
27801 |
| 多次元 |
たじげん |
(n) multidimensional |
28200 |
| 後始末 |
あとしまつ |
(n,vs) settlement (of affairs); remedial measures |
28780 |
| 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 |
| 枕元 |
まくらもと |
(n) bedside |
29410 |
| 窯元 |
かまもと |
(n) pottery |
29519 |
| 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 |
| 地鎮祭 |
じちんさい |
(n) ground-breaking ceremony |
30688 |
| 一元論 |
いちげんろん |
(n) monism |
30832 |
| 元三 |
がんざん |
(n-adv,n-t) New Year's Day; January 1 to 3 |
31368 |
| 祈年祭 |
きねんさい |
(n) prayer service for a good crop |
31527 |
| 始原 |
しげん |
(n) start; origin; beginnings |
31527 |
| 腰元 |
こしもと |
(n) chamber maid; female servant |
31648 |
| 葵祭 |
あおいまつり |
(n) hollyhock festival |
31784 |
| 元金 |
がんきん |
(n) capital; principal |
31784 |
| 元金 |
もときん |
(n) capital; principal |
31784 |
| 喉元 |
のどもと |
(n) throat |
31930 |
| 国元 |
くにもと |
(n) hometown; native place |
31930 |
| 目元 |
めもと |
(n) eyes; skin round one's eyes |
31930 |
| 花祭り |
はなまつり |
(n) Buddha's birthday festival (April 8) |
32361 |
| 多元的 |
たげんてき |
(adj-na,n) pluralism; plurality |
32501 |
| 祭器 |
さいき |
(n) equipment used in rituals |
32784 |
| 原始時代 |
げんしじだい |
primitive times |
32964 |
| 花祭 |
はなまつり |
(n) Buddha's birthday festival (April 8) |
33282 |
| 元元 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
33282 |
| 祭政 |
さいせい |
(n) church and state |
33830 |
| 祭服 |
さいふく |
(n) vestments worn by priests and attendants during a festival |
33830 |
| 祭場 |
さいじょう |
(n) ceremony site |
34034 |
| 神嘗祭 |
かんなめさい |
(n) a shrine festival |
34381 |
| 座元 |
ざもと |
(n) theater proprietor; producer |
34580 |
| 本元 |
ほんもと |
(n) origin; main branch of family |
34761 |
| 祭具 |
さいぐ |
(n) equipment used in rituals |
34955 |
| 網元 |
あみもと |
(n) head of fisherman's group or union |
35139 |
| 火元 |
ひもと |
(n) origin of a fire |
35778 |
| 勧進元 |
かんじんもと |
(n) backer; promoter |
36169 |
| 祭式 |
さいしき |
(n) rites; rituals |
36169 |
| 火の元 |
ひのもと |
(n) origin of fire |
36396 |
| 胴元 |
どうもと |
(n) bookmaker (in gambling); manager |
36396 |
| 血祭り |
ちまつり |
(n) victimization |
36620 |
| 襟元 |
えりもと |
(n) front of neck |
36884 |
| 元請け |
もとうけ |
(n) prime contraction or contractor |
36884 |