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Entry Reading English Rank
こと (n) thing; matter; fact; circumstances; business; reason; experience 88
事業 じぎょう (n) project; enterprise; business; industry; operations 259
事件 じけん (n) event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal 276
記事 きじ (n) article; news story; report; account 328
就任 しゅうにん (n,vs) inauguration; assumption of office 727
事務所 じむしょ (n) office 899
事実 じじつ (n-adv,n) fact; truth; reality 947
事故 じこ (n) accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons 991
工事 こうじ (n) construction work 1049
刑事 けいじ (n) criminal case; (police) detective 1067
仕事 しごと (adj-no,n) work; occupation; employment 1235
軍事 ぐんじ (n) military affairs 1313
事項 じこう (n) matter; item; facts 1332
責任 せきにん (n) duty; responsibility 1625
事務 じむ (n) business; office work 1787
理事 りじ (n) director; board of directors 1990
事情 じじょう (n) circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons 2228
出来事 できごと (n) incident; affair; happening; event 2449
事典 じてん (n) cyclopedia; encyclopedia 2599
事態 じたい (n) situation; present state of affairs; circumstances 2605
知事 ちじ (n) prefectural governor 2819
行事 ぎょうじ (n) event; function 2876
任命 にんめい (n) appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation 2902
任務 にんむ (n) duty; function; office; mission; task 3004
事例 じれい (n) example; precedent 3660
任意 にんい (adj-na,adj-no,n) any; arbitrary; optional; pleasure; discretion; free will 3668
辞任 じにん (n,vs) resignation 3756
にん (n) obligation; duty; charge; responsibility 3833
兼任 けんにん (n) concurrent post 3894
従事 じゅうじ (n,vs) engaging; pursuing; following 3912
任天堂 にんてんどう Nintendo (video game company) 4078
処刑 しょけい (n,vs) punishment 4079
事前 じぜん (adj-no,n) prior; beforehand; in advance 4230
食事 しょくじ (n,vs) meal 4265
歴任 れきにん (n,vs) successive jobs; consecutive jobs 4267
死刑 しけい (n) death penalty; capital punishment 4529
見事 みごと (adj-na,n) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable 4533
幹事 かんじ (n,vs,exp) executive secretary; coordinator; arranging 4651
けい (n,n-suf,vs) penalty; sentence; punishment 4710
主任 しゅにん (n) person in charge; responsible official 4754
刑法 けいほう (n) criminal law; penal code 4839
祭事 さいじ (n) festival; rites; ritual 4915
師事 しじ (n,vs) study under; looking up; apprentice oneself 5032
県知事 けんちじ (n) prefectural governor 5048
後任 こうにん (n) successor 5268
任期 にんき (n) term of office 5498
民事 みんじ (n) civil affairs; civil case 5512
人事 じんじ (n) personnel affairs; human affairs 5610
人事 ひとごと (n) other's affairs 5610
在任 ざいにん (n) being in office 5795
刑務所 けいむしょ (n) prison; penitentiary 5892
任じる にんじる (v1) to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as 6383
退任 たいにん (n,vs) retirement 6453
検事 けんじ (n) public prosecutor 6666
無事 ぶじ (adj-na,n) safety; peace; quietness 6696
当事者 とうじしゃ (n) person concerned; interested party 6713
任せる まかせる (v1) (1) to entrust to another; to leave to; (2) to do something at one's leisure 7219
解任 かいにん (n,vs) dismissal 7406
判事 はんじ (n) judge; judiciary 7413
大事 おおごと (adj-na,n) important; valuable; serious matter 7511
大事 だいじ (adj-na,n) important; valuable; serious matter 7511
事象 じしょう (n) phenomenon; matter 7576
担任 たんにん (n) in charge (of something) 7618
常任 じょうにん (n) standing; regular; permanent 7643
任す まかす (v5s) to entrust; to leave to a person 7735
商事 しょうじ (n) commercial affairs 7739
赴任 ふにん (n,vs) (proceeding to) new appointment 7789
任官 にんかん (n) appointment; investiture 8188
古事記 こじき (n) Japan's Ancient Chronicle 8234
事務次官 じむじかん (n) permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister 8809
事物 じぶつ (n) things; affairs 8839
不祥事 ふしょうじ (n) scandal; deplorable event 8870
事柄 ことがら (n) matter; thing; affair; circumstance 8876
家事 かじ (n) housework; domestic chores 9249
物事 ものごと (n) things; everything 9249
事変 じへん (n) accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency 9293
専任 せんにん (n) full-time service 9377
委任 いにん (n) charge; trust 9698
議事堂 ぎじどう (n) Diet building 10037
信任 しんにん (n,vs) trust; confidence; credence 10133
刑罰 けいばつ (n) judgement; penalty; punishment 10157
執事 しつじ (n) steward; butler; court official; deacon 10387
自責 じせき (n) self-condemnation 10410
転任 てんにん (n) change of post 10449
選任 せんにん (n) election 10639
叙任 じょにん (n) investiture 10725
返事 へんじ (n,vs) reply; answer 11011
火事 かじ (n) fire; conflagration 11112
時事 じじ (n) events of the day; current affairs 11319
神事 しんじ (n) Shinto rituals 11710
事由 じゆう (n) reason; cause 11892
叙事詩 じょじし (n) descriptive poetry; epic poem 12374
着任 ちゃくにん (n,vs) take up a new post 12434
有事 ゆうじ (n) emergency 12592
不信任 ふしんにん (n) nonconfidence 12764
前任 ぜんにん (adj-no,n) former (official) 13068
無責任 むせきにん (adj-na,n) irresponsibility 13109
流刑 りゅうけい (n) exile; deportation 13394
流刑 るけい (n) exile; deportation 13394
何事 なにごと (n) what; something; everything; nothing (with neg. verb) 13449
議事 ぎじ (n) proceedings 13449
任用 にんよう (n,vs) appointment; employment 13463
事後 じご (n) after-; post-; ex- 13525
故事 こじ (n) origin; historical fact; tradition 13595
受刑 じゅけい (n,vs) punishment; be punished 14199
海事 かいじ (n) maritime affairs 14220
補任 ほにん (n,vs) appointment to office 14243
参事官 さんじかん (n) councillor 14543
悪事 あくじ (n) evil deed; crime; wickedness 14861
人事院 じんじいん (n) National Personnel Authority 15353
惨事 さんじ (n) disaster; horrible accident 15502
事案 じあん (n) concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem 15654
領事 りょうじ (n) consul 15714
再任 さいにん (n) reappointment 15865
参事 さんじ (n) secretary; councillor 16160
主事 しゅじ (n) manager; director; secretary 16195
事績 じせき (n) achievement; exploit; merits 16390
責める せめる (v1) to condemn; to blame; to criticize 16481
免責 めんせき (n) exemption from responsibility 16576
府知事 ふちじ (n) prefectural governor 16730
総領事館 そうりょうじかん (n) consulate-general 16953
叱責 しっせき (n) reprimand; rebuke 16983
留任 りゅうにん (n,vs) remaining (staying) in office; remaining at one's post 17303
昇任 しょうにん (n) promotion 17366
領事館 りょうじかん (n) consulate 17775
国事 こくじ (n) national affairs 18105
責務 せきむ (n) duty; obligation 18728
任侠 にんきょう (adj-na,n) chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit 18985
事跡 じせき (n) evidence; trace; vestige 19044
責め せめ (n) persecution; blame; responsibility 19443
一任 いちにん (n,vs) entrusting 19663
先任 せんにん (n) seniority; predecessor 20200
情事 じょうじ (n) love affair; liaison 20278
実刑 じっけい (n) a jail sentence; imprisonment without a stay of execution 20404
任免 にんめん (n) appointments and dismissal 20551
任地 にんち (n) one's post; appointment 21615
珍事 ちんじ (n) strange or unusual occurrence 21694
仕事場 しごとば (n) place where one works; construction site; working area 21927
絞首刑 こうしゅけい (n) death by hanging 22001
新任 しんにん (n) inaugural; new 22057
減刑 げんけい (n) reduction of penalty 22212
総領事 そうりょうじ (n) consul general 22948
願い事 ねがいごと (n) wish; dream; prayer; one's desire 23295
刑期 けいき (n) prison term 23345
炊事 すいじ (n) cooking; culinary arts 23345
事欠く ことかく (v5k) to lack 23460
火刑 かけい (n) stake 23520
当事 とうじ (n) matter under concern 23520
事実無根 じじつむこん (n) groundless; entirely contrary to fact 23686
引責 いんせき (n,vs) taking responsibility 23750