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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 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 |
| 首都 |
しゅと |
(n) capital city |
1117 |
| 首相 |
しゅしょう |
(n) Prime Minister |
1424 |
| 地元 |
じもと |
(n) local |
1586 |
| 元号 |
げんごう |
(n) era name |
1714 |
| 首 |
くび |
(n) neck |
1943 |
| 元々 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
1977 |
| 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 |
| 元気 |
げんき |
(adj-na,n) health(y); robust; vigor; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep |
3935 |
| 元禄 |
げんろく |
(n) period in the Edo era |
4808 |
| 復元 |
ふくげん |
(n,vs) restoration (to original state); reconstruction |
5266 |
| 首長 |
しゅちょう |
(n) head (of organization) |
5348 |
| 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 |
| 首位 |
しゅい |
(n) first place; head position; leading position |
6154 |
| 元来 |
がんらい |
(n-adv) originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally |
6344 |
| 首席 |
しゅせき |
(n) top seat; first desk (in orch.) |
6661 |
| 改元 |
かいげん |
(n) change of era |
6793 |
| 首脳 |
しゅのう |
(n) head; brains |
6870 |
| 元祖 |
がんそ |
(n) originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
7285 |
| 党首 |
とうしゅ |
(n) party leader |
7491 |
| 元老 |
げんろう |
(n) elder statesman; authority |
7897 |
| 首領 |
しゅりょう |
(n) head; chief; boss; leader |
8839 |
| 機首 |
きしゅ |
(n) nose (of plane) |
12258 |
| 手元 |
てもと |
(n) (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse; (2) usual skill |
12327 |
| 手首 |
てくび |
(n) wrist |
12417 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 首謀 |
しゅぼう |
(n) planning; plotting; ringleader |
13776 |
| 足元 |
あしもと |
(n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step |
14101 |
| 部首 |
ぶしゅ |
(n) radical (of a kanji character) |
14784 |
| 首班 |
しゅはん |
(n) head; leader; Prime Minister |
15396 |
| 販売元 |
はんばいもと |
(n) selling agency |
15733 |
| 斬首 |
ざんしゅ |
(n) decapitated head; decapitation |
15803 |
| 山元 |
やまもと |
(n) owner of a mountain; a mine |
15891 |
| 足首 |
あしくび |
(n) ankle |
15925 |
| 元旦 |
がんたん |
(n) New Year's Day |
16747 |
| 首府 |
しゅふ |
(n) capital; metropolis |
17154 |
| 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 |
| 乳首 |
ちくび |
(n) nipple; teat |
18325 |
| 乳首 |
ちちくび |
(n) nipple; teat |
18325 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 首飾り |
くびかざり |
(n) necklace |
20436 |
| 二元論 |
にげんろん |
(n) dualism |
20510 |
| 一元化 |
いちげんか |
(n) unification; centralization |
20712 |
| 首座 |
しゅざ |
(n) seat of honor; head of the table; head |
20946 |
| 自首 |
じしゅ |
(n,vs) surrender; give oneself up |
21314 |
| 絞首刑 |
こうしゅけい |
(n) death by hanging |
22001 |
| 船首 |
せんしゅ |
(n) bow |
22001 |
| 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 |
| 首筋 |
くびすじ |
(n) nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck |
23520 |
| 口元 |
くちもと |
(n) the mouth; shape of the mouth; near an entrance |
23635 |
| 首級 |
しゅきゅう |
(n) decapitated head of an enemy |
23854 |
| 首輪 |
くびわ |
(n) necklace; choker |
23854 |
| 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 |
| 首尾 |
しゅび |
(n) issue; course of events; beginning and end |
24363 |
| 隠元 |
いんげん |
(n) beans |
24551 |
| 元締 |
もとじめ |
(n) controller; manager |
25041 |
| 首吊り |
くびつり |
(n) hanging (by the neck) |
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 |
| 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 |
| 多次元 |
たじげん |
(n) multidimensional |
28200 |
| 百人一首 |
ひゃくにんいっしゅ |
(n) 100 poems by 100 famous poets; (playing) cards of one hundred famous poems |
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 |
| 絞首 |
こうしゅ |
(n) hanging; strangling to death |
29086 |
| 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 |
| 一元論 |
いちげんろん |
(n) monism |
30832 |
| 首魁 |
しゅかい |
(n) forerunner; ringleader |
31224 |
| 生首 |
なまくび |
(n) freshly severed head |
31224 |
| 元三 |
がんざん |
(n-adv,n-t) New Year's Day; January 1 to 3 |
31368 |
| 腰元 |
こしもと |
(n) chamber maid; female servant |
31648 |
| 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 |
| 首切り |
くびきり |
(n) firing; dismissal; decapitation; execution |
32216 |
| 多元的 |
たげんてき |
(adj-na,n) pluralism; plurality |
32501 |
| 首縊り |
くびくくり |
(n) hanging oneself |
33111 |
| 元元 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
33282 |
| 匕首 |
あいくち |
(n) dagger; dirk |
33636 |
| 匕首 |
ひしゅ |
(n) dagger; dirk |
33636 |
| 梟首 |
きょうしゅ |
(n) exposure of a severed head |
33636 |
| 座元 |
ざもと |
(n) theater proprietor; producer |
34580 |
| 本元 |
ほんもと |
(n) origin; main branch of family |
34761 |
| 期首 |
きしゅ |
(n) beginning of a term |
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 |
| 不首尾 |
ふしゅび |
(adj-na,n) failure; fizzle; disgrace; disfavour |
35778 |
| 首実検 |
くびじっけん |
(n) identifying a severed head; checking a person's identity |
35968 |
| 勧進元 |
かんじんもと |
(n) backer; promoter |
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 |
| 襟元 |
えりもと |
(n) front of neck |
36884 |
| 元請け |
もとうけ |
(n) prime contraction or contractor |
36884 |
| 貫首 |
かんしゅ |
(n) chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple) |
38280 |
| 貫首 |
かんじゅ |
(n) chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple) |
38280 |
| 耳元 |
みみもと |
(n) close to the ear |
38280 |
| 首斬り |
くびきり |
(n) firing; dismissal; decapitation; execution |
38888 |
| 縛り首 |
しばりくび |
(n) (death by) hanging |
39227 |
| 首肯 |
しゅこう |
(n,vs) assent; consent |
39571 |
| 落首 |
らくしゅ |
(n) lampoon; satirical poem |
39571 |
| 襟首 |
えりくび |
(n) nape of neck |
40263 |
| 元売り |
もとうり |
(n) direct sale by the producer |
41039 |
| 丸首 |
まるくび |
(n) round-necked (T-shirt) |
41444 |
| 猪首 |
いくび |
(n) bull neck |
41444 |
| 雁首 |
かりくび |
goose neck |
41904 |
| 雁首 |
がんくび |
(n) pipe bowl |
41904 |
| 元高 |
もとだか |
(n) (the) principal |
42342 |
| 首巻 |
くびまき |
(n) comforter; muffler; neckerchief |
42342 |
| 鶴首 |
かくしゅ |
(n) looking forward to |
42342 |
| 馘首 |
かくしゅ |
(n,vs) beheading; dismissal |
42342 |
| 隠元豆 |
いんげんまめ |
(n) kidney bean |
42893 |
| 鎌首 |
かまくび |
(n) gooseneck |
42893 |
| 首根っこ |
くびねっこ |
(n) the scruff or nape of the neck |
43447 |
| 馬首 |
ばしゅ |
(n) neck of a horse |
43447 |
| 元の木阿弥 |
もとのもくあみ |
(n) ending up right back where one started |
44061 |