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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 初 |
はつ |
(adj-no,n,n-suf) first; new |
239 |
| 当初 |
とうしょ |
(n-adv,n-t) at first |
423 |
| 最初 |
さいしょ |
(adj-no,n-adv,n-t) beginning; outset; first; onset |
521 |
| 初期 |
しょき |
(adj-no,n) (1) early (days); initial stage; (2) (computer) initial |
713 |
| 初代 |
しょだい |
(n) first generation; founder |
720 |
| 初めて |
はじめて |
(adv,n) for the first time |
814 |
| 志 |
こころざし |
(n) will; intention; motive |
2014 |
| 初版 |
しょはん |
(n) first edition |
2729 |
| 初め |
はじめ |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning; start; origin |
3104 |
| 一貫 |
いっかん |
(n) (1) consistency; coherence; integration; (2) 8.333 lbs |
3351 |
| 初頭 |
しょとう |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning |
3504 |
| 初演 |
しょえん |
(n) first performance |
3879 |
| 初回 |
しょかい |
(n) first time |
4127 |
| 三国志 |
さんごくし |
Annals of the Three Kingdoms |
4239 |
| 貫通 |
かんつう |
(n,vs) pierce; penetrate; perforate |
5060 |
| 徹底 |
てってい |
(n) thoroughness; completeness |
5441 |
| 意志 |
いし |
(n) will; volition |
5653 |
| 貫く |
つらぬく |
(v5k) to go through |
5946 |
| 縦貫 |
じゅうかん |
(n) running through; traversal |
6530 |
| 志向 |
しこう |
(n) intention; aim |
6887 |
| 初出 |
しょしゅつ |
(n) first appearance |
6897 |
| 貫 |
かん |
(n) kan (approx. 3.75 kg) |
7217 |
| 志願 |
しがん |
(n) aspiration; volunteering; desire |
7478 |
| 初心者 |
しょしんしゃ |
(n) beginner |
7543 |
| 初等 |
しょとう |
(n) elementary; primary |
7929 |
| 志す |
こころざす |
(v5s) to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on) |
7940 |
| 徹底的 |
てっていてき |
(adj-na,n) thoroughness |
7940 |
| 初戦 |
しょせん |
(n) first match (in a series) |
8583 |
| 志望 |
しぼう |
(n) wish; desire; ambition |
8848 |
| 初恋 |
はつこい |
(n) first love; puppy love |
8899 |
| 有志 |
ゆうし |
(n) voluntary; volunteer; sympathizer |
9141 |
| 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 |
| 同志 |
どうし |
(n) same mind; comrade; kindred soul |
9922 |
| 初級 |
しょきゅう |
(n) elementary level |
13810 |
| 初夏 |
しょか |
(n) early summer |
14184 |
| 志士 |
しし |
(n) patriot; public-spirited person |
14199 |
| 初舞台 |
はつぶたい |
(n) debut; initial stage appearance |
14677 |
| 初旬 |
しょじゅん |
(n-adv,n) first 10 days of the month |
15448 |
| 徹す |
とおす |
(v5s) to let pass; to overlook; to continue; to keep; to make way for; to persist in |
15527 |
| 初速 |
しょそく |
(n) (physics) initial velocity |
15972 |
| 初詣 |
はつもうで |
(n) first temple visit of New Year |
16015 |
| 初段 |
しょだん |
(n) lowest grade; first grade |
16460 |
| 冷徹 |
れいてつ |
(adj-na,n) cool-headedness |
16594 |
| 初年 |
しょねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year; early years (of a reign or era) |
16822 |
| 遺志 |
いし |
(n) dying wish |
17103 |
| 初対面 |
しょたいめん |
(n) first meeting; first interview with |
17195 |
| 年初 |
ねんしょ |
(n-adv,n) beginning of the year; New Year's greetings |
17636 |
| 初音 |
はつね |
(n) first warbling heard in a New Year |
17994 |
| 闘志 |
とうし |
(n) fighting spirit; (will to) fight |
18205 |
| 初号 |
しょごう |
(n) first number issue of a magazine |
18299 |
| 大志 |
たいし |
(n) ambition; aspiration |
19107 |
| 徹夜 |
てつや |
(n) all night; all night vigil; sleepless night |
19107 |
| 初陣 |
ういじん |
(n) first campaign; one's first battle |
19141 |
| 一徹 |
いってつ |
(adj-na,n) obstinate; stubborn; inflexible |
19170 |
| 貫徹 |
かんてつ |
(n) accomplishment; realization; penetration |
20473 |
| 満貫 |
まんがん |
(n) winning with the highest possible score (in mahjong) |
20782 |
| 初乗り |
はつのり |
(n) first ride |
20854 |
| 太初 |
たいしょ |
(n) beginning of the world |
21087 |
| 篤志 |
とくし |
(adj-na,n) charity; benevolence |
21138 |
| 尺貫法 |
しゃっかんほう |
(n) (obs) Japanese system of weights and measures |
21277 |
| 原初 |
げんしょ |
(n) origin(al); source; first |
21530 |
| 初歩 |
しょほ |
(adj-no,n) elements; rudiments; ABC's of.. |
21927 |
| 立志 |
りっし |
(n) one's life goal; (fixing) one's aim in life |
22493 |
| 初場所 |
はつばしょ |
(n) first day of a sumo tournament; New Year's sumo tournament |
22804 |
| 徹する |
てっする |
(vs-s) to sink in; to penetrate; to devote oneself; to believe in; to go through; to do intently and exclusively |
23134 |
| 初春 |
しょしゅん |
(n) early spring; New Year |
23235 |
| 初春 |
はつはる |
(n) early spring; New Year |
23235 |
| 貫流 |
かんりゅう |
(n,vs) flowing through |
23584 |
| 突貫 |
とっかん |
(n,vs) charge; rush; lightning attack |
24551 |
| 初球 |
しょきゅう |
(n) pitcher's first pitch (to batter) |
25041 |
| 初老 |
しょろう |
(n) middle-aged; aging; age 40 |
25630 |
| 見初める |
みそめる |
(v1) to see for the first time; to fall in love at first sight |
26157 |
| 初心 |
しょしん |
(adj-na,n) original intention; initial resolution |
26398 |
| 初日の出 |
はつひので |
(exp) first sunrise (of New Year) |
26398 |
| 志望校 |
しぼうこう |
(n) school of one's (first, second) choice |
27153 |
| 貫禄 |
かんろく |
(n) presence; dignity |
27241 |
| 初夜 |
しょや |
(n) first night; first watch of the night; bridal night |
27433 |
| 貫き通す |
つらぬきとおす |
(v5s) to enforce (one's) will |
27521 |
| 初子 |
ういご |
(n) first child |
27901 |
| 初子 |
はつご |
(n) first child |
27901 |
| 初雪 |
はつゆき |
(n) first snow (of season) |
27901 |
| 初秋 |
しょしゅう |
(n) early autumn |
28487 |
| 初発 |
しょはつ |
(n) start; first departure |
28567 |
| 志学 |
しがく |
(n) age 15 |
28866 |
| 雄志 |
ゆうし |
(n) ambition |
28975 |
| 立志伝 |
りっしでん |
(n) success story |
29190 |
| 貫入 |
かんにゅう |
(n,vs) penetration |
29316 |
| 初夢 |
はつゆめ |
(n) year's first dream |
29410 |
| 厚志 |
こうし |
(n) kind intention; kind thought |
29632 |
| 本初 |
ほんしょ |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning; origin; start |
30195 |
| 初婚 |
しょこん |
(n) first marriage |
31648 |
| 初冬 |
しょとう |
(n-adv,n) early winter; 10th lunar month |
31648 |
| 初手 |
しょて |
(n) beginning; start |
32361 |
| 指貫 |
さしぬき |
(n) type of hakama worn in ancient times |
34212 |
| 指貫 |
ゆびぬき |
(n) thimble |
34212 |
| 初める |
そめる |
(aux-v,v1) to begin to |
34381 |
| 馴れ初め |
なれそめ |
(n) start of a romance; beginning of love |
34580 |
| 初潮 |
しょちょう |
(n) first menstruation |
34761 |
| 初生 |
しょせい |
(n) firstborn; first-produced; newborn |
34955 |
| 貫目 |
かんめ |
(n) unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg |
35139 |
| 初孫 |
ういまご |
(n) first grandchild |
35139 |
| 初孫 |
はつまご |
(n) first grandchild |
35139 |
| 貫主 |
かんしゅ |
(n) chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple) |
35357 |
| 貫主 |
かんじゅ |
(n) chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple) |
35357 |
| 初々しい |
ういういしい |
(adj) innocent; artless; unsophisticated |
35577 |
| 初犯 |
しょはん |
(n) first offense; first offender |
35968 |
| 不徹底 |
ふてってい |
(adj-na,n) inconsistent; illogical; unconvincing; not thorough; indefinite; half-way |
36169 |
| 初診 |
しょしん |
(n) initial medical examination |
36396 |
| 徹頭徹尾 |
てっとうてつび |
(adv) thoroughly; through and through |
36884 |
| 初穂 |
はつほ |
(n) first ears of rice or crops or harvest of the season |
37130 |
| 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 |
| 初盆 |
はつぼん |
(n) first obon following the death of a family member |
38888 |
| 書き初め |
かきぞめ |
(n) New Year's writing (resolution) |
38888 |
| 志気 |
しき |
(n) determination |
39571 |
| 初志 |
しょし |
(n) original intention |
39571 |
| 初物 |
はつもの |
(n) first produce of the season |
39571 |
| 寸志 |
すんし |
(n) small present; small token of appreciation |
40263 |
| 裸一貫 |
はだかいっかん |
(n) without any means; reduced to naked personal merit |
40619 |
| 初役 |
はつやく |
(n) first role |
41039 |
| 出初め |
でぞめ |
(n,vs) debut |
41444 |
| 刳り貫く |
くりぬく |
(v5k) to gouge out; to excavate; to bore; to drill |
41444 |
| 初荷 |
はつに |
(n) first cargo of the year |
41904 |
| 初耳 |
はつみみ |
(n) something heard for the first time |
41904 |
| 初産 |
ういざん |
(adj-na,n) first childbirth; primipara |
42342 |
| 初産 |
しょさん |
(adj-na,n) first childbirth; primipara |
42342 |
| 初産 |
しょざん |
(adj-na,n) first childbirth; primipara |
42342 |
| 初産 |
はつざん |
(adj-na,n) first childbirth; primipara |
42342 |
| 透徹 |
とうてつ |
(n,vs) penetration; absolutely clear; not dirty; clearness |
42342 |
| 仮初 |
かりそめ |
(io) (adj-na,n) temporariness; transience; trifle; negligence |
42893 |
| 志操 |
しそう |
(n) principle |
42893 |
| 初節句 |
はつぜっく |
(n) baby's first annual festival |
42893 |
| 書初め |
かきぞめ |
(n) New Year's writing (resolution) |
42893 |
| 初診料 |
しょしんりょう |
(n) fee for an initial medical examination |
44061 |
| 宿志 |
しゅくし |
(n) longstanding desire |
44709 |
| 渡り初め |
わたりぞめ |
(n) bridge-opening ceremony; first crossing of a bridge |
44709 |
| 初経 |
しょけい |
(n) first menstruation |
45436 |
| 終始一貫 |
しゅうしいっかん |
(adv) consistency |
46248 |
| 徹宵 |
てっしょう |
(n) all night; without sleep |
47205 |
| 初姿 |
はつすがた |
(n) first wearing (of kimono) in the New Year |
48294 |
| 初七日 |
しょなぬか |
(n) (Buddhist) memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death |
48294 |
| 初七日 |
しょなのか |
(n) (Buddhist) memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death |
48294 |
| 初湯 |
はつゆ |
(n) first bath of the New Year |
48294 |
| 初氷 |
はつごおり |
(n) first ice of winter |
48294 |
| 食い初め |
くいぞめ |
(n) ceremony celebrating a baby's weaning |
48294 |
| 素志 |
そし |
(n) longstanding desire or goal |
48294 |
| 看貫 |
かんかん |
(n) weighing; platform scales |
49657 |
| 初空 |
はつそら |
(n) sky on New Year's morning |
49657 |
| 初空 |
はつぞら |
(n) sky on New Year's morning |
49657 |