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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 |
| 春 |
はる |
(n-adv,n-t) spring |
909 |
| 初版 |
しょはん |
(n) first edition |
2729 |
| 青春 |
せいしゅん |
(adj-no,n) youth; springtime of life; adolescent |
2984 |
| 初め |
はじめ |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning; start; origin |
3104 |
| 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 |
| 春秋 |
しゅんじゅう |
(n) spring and autumn; months and years |
5055 |
| 春秋 |
はるあき |
(n) spring and autumn; months and years |
5055 |
| 文藝春秋 |
ぶんげいしゅんじゅう |
name of publishing company |
5277 |
| 初出 |
しょしゅつ |
(n) first appearance |
6897 |
| 初心者 |
しょしんしゃ |
(n) beginner |
7543 |
| 初等 |
しょとう |
(n) elementary; primary |
7929 |
| 新春 |
しんしゅん |
(n) New Year (Spring) |
8160 |
| 初戦 |
しょせん |
(n) first match (in a series) |
8583 |
| 初恋 |
はつこい |
(n) first love; puppy love |
8899 |
| 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 |
| 春季 |
しゅんき |
(n) spring |
9461 |
| 春風 |
しゅんぷう |
(n) spring breeze |
9971 |
| 春風 |
はるかぜ |
(n) spring breeze |
9971 |
| 売春 |
ばいしゅん |
(n) prostitution |
10532 |
| 初級 |
しょきゅう |
(n) elementary level |
13810 |
| 初夏 |
しょか |
(n) early summer |
14184 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 小春 |
こはる |
(n) early autumn; Indian summer |
16265 |
| 初段 |
しょだん |
(n) lowest grade; first grade |
16460 |
| 春分 |
しゅんぶん |
(n) vernal equinox |
16576 |
| 初年 |
しょねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year; early years (of a reign or era) |
16822 |
| 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 |
| 初号 |
しょごう |
(n) first number issue of a magazine |
18299 |
| 春休み |
はるやすみ |
(n) spring vacation |
18587 |
| 早春 |
そうしゅん |
(n-adv,n) early spring |
18762 |
| 初陣 |
ういじん |
(n) first campaign; one's first battle |
19141 |
| 三春 |
さんしゅん |
(n) three spring months |
19961 |
| 買春 |
ばいしゅん |
(n) prostitution |
20436 |
| 春一番 |
はるいちばん |
(n) first storm of spring |
20551 |
| 初乗り |
はつのり |
(n) first ride |
20854 |
| 太初 |
たいしょ |
(n) beginning of the world |
21087 |
| 春陽 |
しゅんよう |
(n) spring sunshine; springtime |
21138 |
| 立春 |
りっしゅん |
(n) first day of spring |
21353 |
| 春場所 |
はるばしょ |
(n) the spring sumo tournament |
21489 |
| 春先 |
はるさき |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning of spring |
21489 |
| 原初 |
げんしょ |
(n) origin(al); source; first |
21530 |
| 春雨 |
しゅんう |
(n) spring rain; bean-jelly sticks; noodles made from beans |
21576 |
| 春雨 |
はるさめ |
(n) spring rain; bean-jelly sticks; noodles made from beans |
21576 |
| 初歩 |
しょほ |
(adj-no,n) elements; rudiments; ABC's of.. |
21927 |
| 春日大社 |
かすがたいしゃ |
Kasuga Taisha |
22057 |
| 初場所 |
はつばしょ |
(n) first day of a sumo tournament; New Year's sumo tournament |
22804 |
| 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 |
| 春夏秋冬 |
しゅんかしゅうとう |
(n-adv,n-t) spring, summer, autumn and winter; the four seasons |
24291 |
| 春光 |
しゅんこう |
(n) spring sunlight; scenery of spring |
24848 |
| 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 |
| 春菊 |
しゅんぎく |
(n) edible chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronarium) |
27433 |
| 初夜 |
しょや |
(n) first night; first watch of the night; bridal night |
27433 |
| 回春 |
かいしゅん |
(n) return of spring; rejuvenation |
27901 |
| 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 |
| 初夢 |
はつゆめ |
(n) year's first dream |
29410 |
| 晩春 |
ばんしゅん |
(n-adv,n) late spring |
29962 |
| 本初 |
ほんしょ |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning; origin; start |
30195 |
| 常春 |
とこはる |
(n) everlasting spring |
30969 |
| 春闘 |
しゅんとう |
(n) spring offensive (Japanese unions) |
31368 |
| 春画 |
しゅんが |
(n) obscene picture; porno |
31527 |
| 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 |
| 春巻き |
はるまき |
(n) spring roll |
32501 |
| 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 |
| 春色 |
しゅんしょく |
(n) spring scenery |
34955 |
| 初生 |
しょせい |
(n) firstborn; first-produced; newborn |
34955 |
| 初孫 |
ういまご |
(n) first grandchild |
35139 |
| 初孫 |
はつまご |
(n) first grandchild |
35139 |
| 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 |
| 初診 |
しょしん |
(n) initial medical examination |
36396 |
| 来春 |
らいしゅん |
(n-t) next spring |
36620 |
| 来春 |
らいはる |
(n-t) next spring |
36620 |
| 惜春 |
せきしゅん |
(n) lamenting the passing of spring |
36884 |
| 今春 |
こんしゅん |
(n-adv,n-t) this spring; next spring; last spring |
37130 |
| 初穂 |
はつほ |
(n) first ears of rice or crops or harvest of the season |
37130 |
| 陽春 |
ようしゅん |
(n) spring; the springtime |
37405 |
| 迎春 |
げいしゅん |
(n) New Year's greetings (lit. welcoming spring) |
38280 |
| 春雷 |
しゅんらい |
(n) spring thunder |
38280 |
| 春本 |
しゅんぽん |
(n) pornographic book |
38588 |
| 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 |
| 初志 |
しょし |
(n) original intention |
39571 |
| 初物 |
はつもの |
(n) first produce of the season |
39571 |
| 小春日和 |
こはるびより |
(n) Indian summer; mild autumn weather |
40263 |
| 春霞 |
はるがすみ |
(n) springtime haze |
40619 |
| 初役 |
はつやく |
(n) first role |
41039 |
| 出初め |
でぞめ |
(n,vs) debut |
41444 |
| 春宵 |
しゅんしょう |
(n) spring evening |
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 |
| 仮初 |
かりそめ |
(io) (adj-na,n) temporariness; transience; trifle; negligence |
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 |
| 仲春 |
ちゅうしゅん |
(n) mid-spring |
44061 |
| 春暖 |
しゅんだん |
(n) warm spring weather; spring warmth |
44709 |
| 渡り初め |
わたりぞめ |
(n) bridge-opening ceremony; first crossing of a bridge |
44709 |
| 季春 |
きしゅん |
(n) late spring |
45436 |
| 春めく |
はるめく |
(v5k) to become spring-like; to show signs of spring |
45436 |
| 春寒 |
しゅんかん |
(n) cold weather in early spring |
45436 |
| 春眠 |
しゅんみん |
(n) deep sleep; sleep soundly |
45436 |
| 初経 |
しょけい |
(n) first menstruation |
45436 |
| 暮春 |
ぼしゅん |
(n) late spring |
46248 |
| 明春 |
みょうしゅん |
(n-t) next spring |
46248 |
| 孟春 |
もうしゅん |
(n) January (of the lunar calendar) |
47205 |
| 賀春 |
がしゅん |
(exp) New Year greeting |
48294 |
| 春情 |
しゅんじょう |
(n) scenery of spring; lust; sexual passion |
48294 |
| 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 |
| 昨春 |
さくしゅん |
(n-adv,n-t) last spring; the spring of last year |
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 |
| 初初しい |
ういういしい |
(adj) innocent; artless; unsophisticated |
49657 |
| 初審 |
しょしん |
(n) first trial |
49657 |
| お食い初め |
おくいぞめ |
weaning ceremony |
51560 |