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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 学校 |
がっこう |
(n) school |
45 |
| 大学 |
だいがく |
(n) university |
106 |
| 学 |
がく |
(n) learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge |
163 |
| 小学校 |
しょうがっこう |
(n) primary school; elementary school |
307 |
| 中学校 |
ちゅうがっこう |
(n) junior high school; middle school pupil |
393 |
| 科学 |
かがく |
(n) science |
443 |
| 学者 |
がくしゃ |
(n) scholar |
618 |
| 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 |
| 文学 |
ぶんがく |
(n) literature |
741 |
| 学科 |
がっか |
(n) study subject; course of study |
847 |
| 学園 |
がくえん |
(n) academy; campus |
895 |
| 化学 |
かがく |
(n) chemistry |
945 |
| 学生 |
がくせい |
(n) student |
1019 |
| 先代 |
せんだい |
(n) family predecessor; previous age; previous generation |
1082 |
| 学部 |
がくぶ |
(n) department of a university; undergraduate |
1186 |
| 哲学 |
てつがく |
(n) philosophy |
1366 |
| 数学 |
すうがく |
(n) mathematics; arithmetic |
1379 |
| 入学 |
にゅうがく |
(n) entry to school or university; matriculation |
1529 |
| 工学 |
こうがく |
(n) engineering |
1589 |
| 先生 |
せんせい |
(n) teacher; master; doctor |
1598 |
| 大学院 |
だいがくいん |
(n) graduate school |
1606 |
| 医学 |
いがく |
(n) medical science; medicine |
1669 |
| 学ぶ |
まなぶ |
(v5b) to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in |
1703 |
| 中学 |
ちゅうがく |
(n) middle school; junior high school |
1974 |
| 学習 |
がくしゅう |
(n,vs) study; learning |
2082 |
| 学会 |
がっかい |
(n) scientific society; academic meeting |
2156 |
| 東京大学 |
とうきょうだいがく |
Tokyo University |
2420 |
| 進学 |
しんがく |
(n,vs) going on to university |
2482 |
| 学院 |
がくいん |
(n) institute; academy |
2585 |
| 短期大学 |
たんきだいがく |
(n) (two year) junior college |
2752 |
| 学年 |
がくねん |
(n) year in school; grade in school |
2901 |
| 優先 |
ゆうせん |
(n,vs) preference; priority |
3076 |
| 法学 |
ほうがく |
(n) law; jurisprudence |
3081 |
| 学名 |
がくめい |
(n) technical name (often the internationally accepted Latin, scientific, or Linnaean name of plants and animals) |
3242 |
| 学問 |
がくもん |
(n) scholarship; study; learning |
3260 |
| 天文学 |
てんもんがく |
(n) astronomy |
3264 |
| 法学部 |
ほうがくぶ |
(n) law department; law school |
3313 |
| 先頭 |
せんとう |
(n) head; lead; vanguard; first |
3333 |
| 文学部 |
ぶんがくぶ |
(n) department (faculty) of literature |
3495 |
| 学術 |
がくじゅつ |
(n) science; learning; scholarship |
3634 |
| 留学 |
りゅうがく |
(n) studying abroad |
3692 |
| 先輩 |
せんぱい |
(n) senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer |
3732 |
| 共学 |
きょうがく |
(n) coeducation |
3781 |
| 在学 |
ざいがく |
(n) (enrolled) in school |
3810 |
| 先行 |
せんこう |
(n,vs) preceding; going first |
3844 |
| 小学館 |
しょうがくかん |
Shogakukan (publisher) |
3890 |
| 通学 |
つうがく |
(n) commuting to school |
4012 |
| 先端 |
せんたん |
(n) pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge |
4118 |
| 医学部 |
いがくぶ |
(n) medical faculty |
4234 |
| 小学 |
しょうがく |
(n) grade school |
4257 |
| 工学科 |
こうがくか |
engineering department |
4325 |
| 力学 |
りきがく |
(n) mechanics; dynamics |
4521 |
| 学長 |
がくちょう |
(n) university president |
4527 |
| 小学生 |
しょうがくせい |
(n) grade school student |
4554 |
| 先発 |
せんぱつ |
(n,vs) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead |
4569 |
| 光学 |
こうがく |
(n) optics |
4893 |
| 女学校 |
じょがっこう |
(n) girl's school |
4988 |
| 工学部 |
こうがくぶ |
(n) department (or school) of technology, engineering or science |
5121 |
| 中学生 |
ちゅうがくせい |
(n) junior high school student; middle school pupil |
5142 |
| 神学 |
しんがく |
(n) theology |
5160 |
| 学位 |
がくい |
(n) (university) degree |
5187 |
| 学士 |
がくし |
(n) university graduate |
5406 |
| 先住民 |
せんじゅうみん |
(n) former inhabitant |
5598 |
| 学期 |
がっき |
(n) term (school) |
5720 |
| 学級 |
がっきゅう |
(n) grade in school |
5762 |
| 学区 |
がっく |
(n) school district (area) |
5833 |
| 先進 |
せんしん |
(n) seniority; advance; leadership |
6068 |
| 理学 |
りがく |
(n) physical science |
6185 |
| 生理学 |
せいりがく |
(n) physiology |
6444 |
| 大学生 |
だいがくせい |
(n) college student |
6772 |
| 考古学 |
こうこがく |
(adj-no,n) archaeology |
6846 |
| 学派 |
がくは |
(n) school; sect |
6875 |
| 学芸 |
がくげい |
(n) arts and sciences; liberal arts |
6897 |
| 祖先 |
そせん |
(n) ancestor |
7196 |
| 見学 |
けんがく |
(n,vs) inspection; study by observation; field trip |
7211 |
| 先立つ |
さきだつ |
(v5t) to lead; to precede; to die before someone; to go before; to take precedence |
7264 |
| 放送大学 |
ほうそうだいがく |
continuing education courses offered via radio or television |
7395 |
| 先祖 |
せんぞ |
(n) ancestor |
7463 |
| 学力 |
がくりょく |
(n) scholarship; knowledge; literary ability |
7615 |
| 先駆 |
せんく |
(n) (1) forerunner; pioneer; outrider; precursor; (2) herald; (3) pilot car |
7827 |
| 学制 |
がくせい |
(n) educational or school system |
8023 |
| 理学部 |
りがくぶ |
(n) department of science |
8106 |
| 学歴 |
がくれき |
(n) academic background |
8114 |
| 留学生 |
りゅうがくせい |
(n) overseas student |
8292 |
| 修学旅行 |
しゅうがくりょこう |
(n) excursion; field trip |
8377 |
| 大阪大学 |
おおさかだいがく |
Osaka University |
8447 |
| 退学 |
たいがく |
(n) dropping out of school |
8773 |
| 語学 |
ごがく |
(n) language study |
8994 |
| 薬学 |
やくがく |
(n) pharmacy; pharmaceutics |
9153 |
| 生化学 |
せいかがく |
(n) biochemistry |
9183 |
| 学説 |
がくせつ |
(n) theory |
9259 |
| 儒学 |
じゅがく |
(n) Confucianism |
9471 |
| 農学部 |
のうがくぶ |
(n) department of agriculture |
9922 |
| 京都大学 |
きょうとだいがく |
Kyoto University |
10094 |
| 史学 |
しがく |
(n) study of history |
10102 |
| 農学 |
のうがく |
(n) agriculture |
10420 |
| 理工学部 |
りこうがくぶ |
(n) department of science and engineering |
10668 |
| 創価学会 |
そうかがっかい |
(n) Sokagakkai (lay organization) |
10707 |
| 量子力学 |
りょうしりきがく |
(n) quantum mechanics |
10779 |
| 美学 |
びがく |
(n) esthetics |
11221 |
| 先駆ける |
さきがける |
(v1) to be the first |
11304 |
| 上智大学 |
じょうちだいがく |
Sophia University (in Tokyo) |
11524 |
| 海軍兵学校 |
かいぐんへいがっこう |
naval academy |
11536 |
| 就学 |
しゅうがく |
(n) entering school; school attendance |
11544 |
| 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 |
| 国文学 |
こくぶんがく |
(n) Japanese literature |
11981 |
| 奨学 |
しょうがく |
(n) encouragment to study |
11997 |
| 先駆け |
さきがけ |
(n) charging ahead of others; the first to charge; pioneer; forerunner; harbinger |
12236 |
| 学業 |
がくぎょう |
(n) studies; schoolwork; classwork |
12258 |
| 国学 |
こくがく |
(n) study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture |
12327 |
| 薬学部 |
やくがくぶ |
(n) pharmaceutical department; college of pharmacy |
12825 |
| 先制 |
せんせい |
(n,vs) preempt; headstart (of several runs) (baseball) |
12944 |
| 分子生物学 |
ぶんしせいぶつがく |
(n) molecular biology |
13082 |
| 最先端 |
さいせんたん |
(adj-no,n) ultra-fine |
13167 |
| ケンブリッジ大学 |
ケンブリッジだいがく |
(n) Cambridge University |
13177 |
| 蘭学 |
らんがく |
(n) Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge |
13250 |
| 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 |
| 教学 |
きょうがく |
(n) education and learning |
14694 |
| 先物 |
さきもの |
(n) futures |
14727 |
| 総合大学 |
そうごうだいがく |
(n) university |
14805 |
| 盲学校 |
もうがっこう |
(n) school for the blind |
14861 |
| 地学 |
ちがく |
(n) earth sciences (geology, mineralogy, petrology, geophysics, geochemistry, seismology, etc.) |
14938 |
| 学内 |
がくない |
(n) within the school |
14959 |
| 雑学 |
ざつがく |
(n) miscellaneous knowledge |
15199 |
| 先鋒 |
せんぽう |
(n) advance guard |
15431 |
| 学費 |
がくひ |
(n) tuition; school expenses |
15546 |
| 先天 |
せんてん |
(n) inherent; innate |
15714 |
| 商学 |
しょうがく |
(n) commercial science |
15733 |
| 学界 |
がっかい |
(n) academic or scientific world |
15754 |
| 疫学 |
えきがく |
(n) epidemiology; the study of epidemics |
15789 |
| 歯学 |
しがく |
(n) dentistry |
15844 |
| 学舎 |
がくしゃ |
(n) school (building) |
15865 |
| 全学 |
ぜんがく |
(n) (the) whole college |
15891 |
| 真っ先 |
まっさき |
(n) the head; the foremost; beginning |
15925 |
| 手先 |
てさき |
(n) fingers |
16065 |
| 朱子学 |
しゅしがく |
(n) Neo-Confucianism |
16133 |
| 神学校 |
しんがっこう |
(n) theological school |
16133 |
| 先史 |
せんし |
(n) prehistory |
16294 |
| 出先 |
でさき |
(n) destination |
16594 |
| 科学技術庁 |
かがくぎじゅつちょう |
Science and Technology Agency |
16629 |
| 先導 |
せんどう |
(n) guidance; leadership |
16770 |
| 独学 |
どくがく |
(n,vs) self-study |
16798 |
| 学際 |
がくさい |
(n) interdisciplinary |
16822 |
| 学童 |
がくどう |
(n) school child; pupil |
16822 |
| 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 |