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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 日 |
ひ |
(n-adv,n-t) sun; sunshine; day |
4 |
| 日本 |
にっぽん |
Japan |
11 |
| 日本 |
にほん |
Japan |
11 |
| 日本語 |
にっぽんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 日本語 |
にほんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 先 |
さき |
(adj-no,n,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); (3) destination; (4) the first priority; the future; objective; sequel; remainder; the other party |
706 |
| 先 |
せん |
(adj-no,n) the future; priority; precedence; former; previous; old; late |
706 |
| 西日本 |
にしにっぽん |
western Japan |
976 |
| 西日本 |
にしにほん |
western Japan |
976 |
| 先代 |
せんだい |
(n) family predecessor; previous age; previous generation |
1082 |
| 日本人 |
にっぽんじん |
(n) Japanese person |
1237 |
| 日本人 |
にほんじん |
(n) Japanese person |
1237 |
| 全日本 |
ぜんにほん |
(exp) All-Japan |
1268 |
| 日曜 |
にちよう |
(n-adv,n) Sunday |
1563 |
| 先生 |
せんせい |
(n) teacher; master; doctor |
1598 |
| 今日 |
きょう |
(n-t) today; this day |
1629 |
| 今日 |
こんにち |
(n-t) today; this day |
1629 |
| 平日 |
へいじつ |
(n-adv,n) weekday; ordinary days |
1739 |
| 中日 |
ちゅうにち |
(n) China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day |
1839 |
| 中日 |
なかび |
(n) the middle day |
1839 |
| 朝日 |
あさひ |
(n) morning sun |
2016 |
| 日産 |
にっさん |
(n) daily output |
2275 |
| 日曜日 |
にちようび |
(n-adv,n) Sunday |
2316 |
| 毎日 |
まいにち |
(n-adv,n-t) every day |
2403 |
| 金曜日 |
きんようび |
(n-adv,n) Friday |
2489 |
| 土曜日 |
どようび |
(n-adv,n) Saturday |
2524 |
| 日記 |
にっき |
(n) diary; journal |
2576 |
| 年月日 |
ねんがっぴ |
(n) date |
2908 |
| 日光 |
にっこう |
(n) sunlight |
2978 |
| 優先 |
ゆうせん |
(n,vs) preference; priority |
3076 |
| 日間 |
ひあい |
time; daily interest rate |
3095 |
| 休日 |
きゅうじつ |
(n-adv,n) holiday; day off |
3139 |
| 月曜日 |
げつようび |
(n-adv,n) Monday |
3281 |
| 日常 |
にちじょう |
(adj-no,n-adv,n-t) ordinary; regular; everyday; usual |
3303 |
| 先頭 |
せんとう |
(n) head; lead; vanguard; first |
3333 |
| 来日 |
らいにち |
(n) arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan |
3554 |
| 日本一 |
にほんいち |
(n) Japan's best; number one in Japan |
3593 |
| 日本海 |
にっぽんかい |
(n) Sea of Japan |
3608 |
| 日本海 |
にほんかい |
(n) Sea of Japan |
3608 |
| 先輩 |
せんぱい |
(n) senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer |
3732 |
| 先行 |
せんこう |
(n,vs) preceding; going first |
3844 |
| 明日 |
あした |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 明日 |
あす |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 明日 |
みょうにち |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 日立 |
ひたち |
Hitachi (company) |
3920 |
| 翌日 |
よくじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) next day |
3967 |
| 日付 |
かづけ |
(n) date; dating |
4047 |
| 日付 |
ひづけ |
(n) date; dating |
4047 |
| 先端 |
せんたん |
(n) pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge |
4118 |
| 木曜日 |
もくようび |
(n-adv,n) Thursday |
4254 |
| 全日 |
ぜんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) all days |
4277 |
| 同日 |
どうじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) the same day |
4454 |
| 日向 |
ひなた |
(n) sunny place; in the sun |
4507 |
| 祝日 |
しゅくじつ |
(n) national holiday |
4561 |
| 先発 |
せんぱつ |
(n,vs) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead |
4569 |
| 日々 |
にちにち |
(n-adv,n-t) every day; daily; day after day |
4602 |
| 日々 |
ひび |
(n-adv,n-t) every day; daily; day after day |
4602 |
| 当日 |
とうじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) appointed day; very day |
4607 |
| 水曜日 |
すいようび |
(n-adv,n) Wednesday |
4623 |
| 火曜日 |
かようび |
(n-adv,n) Tuesday |
4762 |
| 月日 |
がっぴ |
(n) (the) date |
4915 |
| 月日 |
つきひ |
(n) time; years; days |
4915 |
| 生年月日 |
せいねんがっぴ |
(n) birth date |
5100 |
| 日本航空 |
にっぽんこうくう |
JAL; Japan Air Lines |
5317 |
| 日経 |
にっけい |
Nikkei (newspaper, share index) |
5321 |
| 先住民 |
せんじゅうみん |
(n) former inhabitant |
5598 |
| 曜日 |
ようび |
(n) day of the week |
5627 |
| 前日 |
ぜんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) previous day; the day before |
5725 |
| 前日 |
まえび |
(n-adv,n-t) previous day; the day before |
5725 |
| 在日 |
ざいにち |
(n) in Japan |
5784 |
| 先進 |
せんしん |
(n) seniority; advance; leadership |
6068 |
| 後日 |
ごじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) in the future; another day; later |
6530 |
| 後日 |
ごにち |
(n-adv,n-t) in the future; another day; later |
6530 |
| 日本書紀 |
にほんしょき |
Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan) |
6933 |
| 日時 |
にちじ |
(n) date and time |
7127 |
| 祖先 |
そせん |
(n) ancestor |
7196 |
| 先立つ |
さきだつ |
(v5t) to lead; to precede; to die before someone; to go before; to take precedence |
7264 |
| 日刊 |
にっかん |
(n) daily issue |
7354 |
| 先祖 |
せんぞ |
(n) ancestor |
7463 |
| 日系 |
にっけい |
(n) (of) Japanese descent |
7611 |
| 日程 |
にってい |
(n) agenda |
7628 |
| 先駆 |
せんく |
(n) (1) forerunner; pioneer; outrider; precursor; (2) herald; (3) pilot car |
7827 |
| 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 |
| 日豊本線 |
にっぽうほんせん |
Nippon Main Line (Kagoshima-Miyazaki-Fukuoka Railway) |
8759 |
| 土日 |
どにち |
(n) weekend; Saturday and Sunday |
9001 |
| 全日空 |
ぜんにっくう |
ANA; All Nippon Airlines |
9125 |
| 終日 |
しゅうじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) all day |
9229 |
| 初日 |
しょにち |
(n-adv,n-t) first or opening day |
9288 |
| 初日 |
はつひ |
(n) New Year's Day sunrise |
9288 |
| 日出 |
にっしゅつ |
(n) sunrise |
9377 |
| 日本銀行 |
にっぽんぎんこう |
(n) Bank of Japan |
9645 |
| 日本銀行 |
にほんぎんこう |
(n) Bank of Japan |
9645 |
| 日蓮 |
にちれん |
Buddhist priest, 1222-82 (founder of the Nichiren sect) |
9998 |
| 日誌 |
にっし |
(n) diary |
10105 |
| 日数 |
にっすう |
(n) a number of days |
10304 |
| 日数 |
ひかず |
(n) a number of days |
10304 |
| 忌日 |
きじつ |
(n) an anniversary of a person's death |
10311 |
| 忌日 |
きにち |
(n) an anniversary of a person's death |
10311 |
| 日の出 |
ひので |
(n) sunrise |
10614 |
| 近日 |
きんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) soon; in a few days |
11011 |
| 日報 |
にっぽう |
(n) daily report |
11112 |
| 先駆ける |
さきがける |
(v1) to be the first |
11304 |
| 大晦日 |
おおみそか |
(n-t) New Year's Eve |
11660 |
| 行き先 |
いきさき |
(n) (1) destination; (2) whereabouts; address |
11742 |
| 行き先 |
ゆきさき |
(n) (1) destination; (2) whereabouts; address |
11742 |
| 先駆け |
さきがけ |
(n) charging ahead of others; the first to charge; pioneer; forerunner; harbinger |
12236 |
| 日替わり |
ひがわり |
(n) daily special (e.g. meal) |
12698 |
| 夕日 |
ゆうひ |
(n) (in) the evening sun; setting sun |
12785 |
| 元日 |
がんじつ |
(n) New Year's Day |
12877 |
| 末日 |
まつじつ |
(n) last day (of a month) |
12877 |
| 日帰り |
ひがえり |
(n) day trip |
12912 |
| 先制 |
せんせい |
(n,vs) preempt; headstart (of several runs) (baseball) |
12944 |
| 反日 |
はんにち |
(n) anti-Japanese |
13009 |
| 期日 |
きじつ |
(n) fixed date; settlement date |
13033 |
| 新日本製鐵 |
しんにっぽんせいてつ |
(n) Nippon Steel Corporation |
13120 |
| 新日本製鐵 |
しんにほんせいてつ |
(n) Nippon Steel Corporation |
13120 |
| 最先端 |
さいせんたん |
(adj-no,n) ultra-fine |
13167 |
| 旭日 |
きょくじつ |
(n) rising sun |
13313 |
| 日和 |
ひより |
(n) weather |
13394 |
| 先手 |
さきて |
(n) front lines; vanguard |
13625 |
| 先手 |
せんて |
(n) (1) the first move; forestalling; initiative; (2) black player (shogi) |
13625 |
| 大日 |
だいにち |
(n) Mahavairocana (Tathagata); Great Sun; Supreme Buddha of Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism |
13670 |
| 祝祭日 |
しゅくさいじつ |
(n) national holiday |
13927 |
| 連日 |
れんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) every day; prolonged |
14164 |
| 即日 |
そくじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) same day |
14365 |
| 本日 |
ほんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) today |
14543 |
| 日航 |
にっこう |
Japan Airlines |
14587 |
| 昨日 |
きのう |
(n-adv,n-t) yesterday |
14658 |
| 昨日 |
さくじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) yesterday |
14658 |
| 先物 |
さきもの |
(n) futures |
14727 |
| 親日 |
しんにち |
(n) pro-Japanese |
14745 |
| 日食 |
にっしょく |
(n) solar eclipse |
14818 |
| 先鋒 |
せんぽう |
(n) advance guard |
15431 |
| 日の丸 |
ひのまる |
(n) the Japanese flag |
15485 |
| 日没 |
にちぼつ |
(n) sunset |
15581 |
| 先天 |
せんてん |
(n) inherent; innate |
15714 |
| 真っ先 |
まっさき |
(n) the head; the foremost; beginning |
15925 |
| 日銀 |
にちぎん |
Bank of Japan |
15972 |
| 手先 |
てさき |
(n) fingers |
16065 |
| 先史 |
せんし |
(n) prehistory |
16294 |
| 出先 |
でさき |
(n) destination |
16594 |
| 先導 |
せんどう |
(n) guidance; leadership |
16770 |
| 指先 |
ゆびさき |
(n) fingertip |
16822 |
| 矢先 |
やさき |
(n) arrowhead; brunt; target |
16857 |
| 先勝 |
さきがち |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 先勝 |
せんかち |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 先勝 |
せんしょう |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 先取 |
せんしゅ |
(n,vs) earning the first (runs); preoccupation |
17127 |
| 日照 |
にっしょう |
(n) sunlight |
17325 |