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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 北 |
きた |
(n) North |
223 |
| 北 |
ほく |
north |
223 |
| 北海道 |
ほっかいどう |
northernmost of four main islands of Japan |
249 |
| 東北 |
とうほく |
(n) (1) north-east; (2) Northern most six prefectures of Honshu |
961 |
| 東北 |
ひがしきた |
(n) (1) north-east |
961 |
| 後半 |
こうはん |
(n-adv,n) second half |
1205 |
| 北部 |
ほくぶ |
(n) north; northern part |
1439 |
| 半 |
はん |
(n-adv,n,n-suf) half |
1529 |
| 南北 |
なんぼく |
(n) south and north |
1930 |
| 前半 |
ぜんはん |
(n) first half |
2127 |
| 前半 |
ぜんぱん |
(n) first half |
2127 |
| 大半 |
たいはん |
(n) majority; mostly; generally |
2618 |
| 北口 |
きたぐち |
(n) north entrance |
2762 |
| 北陸 |
ほくりく |
(n) region west of Tokyo on Japan Sea side of Japan |
2910 |
| 半島 |
はんとう |
(n) peninsula |
2949 |
| 半分 |
はんぶん |
(n-adv,n) half |
3067 |
| 半分 |
はんぷん |
half minute |
3067 |
| 北西 |
ほくせい |
(n) northwest |
3160 |
| 北朝鮮 |
きたちょうせん |
North Korea |
3332 |
| 北側 |
きたがわ |
(n) north side; north bank |
3344 |
| 北側 |
ほくそく |
(n) north side; north bank |
3344 |
| 北東 |
きたひがし |
(n) northeast |
3384 |
| 北東 |
ほくとう |
(n) northeast |
3384 |
| 敗北 |
はいぼく |
(n,vs) defeat (as a verb it means 'to be defeated') |
3396 |
| 北京 |
ぺきん |
Beijing (China) |
3509 |
| 半ば |
なかば |
(n-adv,n) middle; half; semi; halfway; partly |
3810 |
| 北米 |
ほくべい |
North America |
3836 |
| 北方 |
ほっぽう |
(n) northern (district); northward |
4114 |
| 北緯 |
ほくい |
(n) north latitude |
4616 |
| 半年 |
はんとし |
(n-adv,n-t) half year |
4900 |
| 半年 |
はんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) half year |
4900 |
| 北上 |
ほくじょう |
(n) going north |
4933 |
| 半径 |
はんけい |
(n) radius |
5092 |
| 半導体 |
はんどうたい |
(n) semiconductor |
5398 |
| 台北 |
たいぺい |
Taipei |
5762 |
| 台北 |
たいほく |
Taipei |
5762 |
| 北欧 |
ほくおう |
Northern Europe; land of the Norsemen; Scandinavia |
6013 |
| 朝鮮半島 |
ちょうせんはんとう |
Korean peninsula |
6425 |
| 以北 |
いほく |
(n,n-suf) north of; and northward |
6928 |
| 半田 |
はんだ |
(n) solder; pewter |
7957 |
| 北山 |
きたやま |
(n) northern hill |
8133 |
| 河北 |
かほく |
north of the (Yellow) river |
8442 |
| 半数 |
はんすう |
(n) half the number |
8550 |
| 北海 |
ほっかい |
(n) northern sea; North Sea |
9811 |
| 北極 |
ほっきょく |
(n) North Pole |
9905 |
| 過半数 |
かはんすう |
(n) majority |
9940 |
| 半減 |
はんげん |
(n,vs) reduction by half; halve |
9971 |
| 北朝 |
ほくちょう |
(n) Northern Dynasty |
10571 |
| 上半身 |
じょうはんしん |
(n) upper half of body; bust |
10834 |
| 北端 |
ほくたん |
(n) northern extremity |
11093 |
| 上半期 |
かみはんき |
(n) first half of a year |
11304 |
| 北アイルランド |
きたアイルランド |
Northern Ireland |
11450 |
| 下半身 |
かはんしん |
(n) lower half of body |
11817 |
| 下半身 |
しもはんしん |
(n) lower half of body |
11817 |
| 半角 |
はんかく |
(n) half-width characters (e.g. romaji) |
12150 |
| 南北戦争 |
なんぼくせんそう |
(U.S.) Civil War |
12547 |
| 半音 |
はんおん |
(n) half tone (music) |
12679 |
| 下半期 |
かはんき |
(n) the last half-year |
12698 |
| 下半期 |
しもはんき |
(n) the last half-year |
12698 |
| 時半 |
じはん |
about an hour; short time |
12698 |
| 北大西洋 |
きたたいせいよう |
North Atlantic |
12849 |
| 西北 |
せいほく |
(n) north-west |
13098 |
| 北岸 |
ほくがん |
(n) north coast; north bank |
13648 |
| 中途半端 |
ちゅうとはんぱ |
(adj-na,n) halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves |
14016 |
| 北斗星 |
ほくとせい |
(n) the Great Bear; the Great Dipper; Ursa Major |
14379 |
| 華北 |
かほく |
(n) North China |
14405 |
| 半生 |
はんしょう |
(n) half death |
14694 |
| 半生 |
はんせい |
(n) half a lifetime |
14694 |
| 半額 |
はんがく |
(n-adv,n) half; half amount; half fare |
14805 |
| 北大 |
ほくだい |
(abbr) Hokkaido University |
15041 |
| 北半球 |
きたはんきゅう |
(n) northern hemisphere |
15502 |
| 北方領土 |
ほっぽうりょうど |
the Northern Territories |
15609 |
| 北国 |
きたぐに |
(n) northern provinces; northern countries |
15972 |
| 北国 |
ほっこく |
(n) northern provinces; northern countries |
15972 |
| 半球 |
はんきゅう |
(n) hemisphere |
16711 |
| 南半球 |
みなみはんきゅう |
(n) southern hemisphere |
17023 |
| 最北端 |
さいほくたん |
(n) northernmost tip (of country) |
17325 |
| 半熟 |
はんじゅく |
(adj-no,n) half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled |
17685 |
| 北洋 |
ほくよう |
(n) northern waters |
18441 |
| 北辰 |
ほくしん |
(n) North-Star |
18762 |
| 半身 |
はんしん |
(n) half the body; half length |
18793 |
| 半月 |
はんげつ |
(n-adv,n-t) half-moon; half month; semicircle |
19016 |
| 半月 |
はんつき |
(n-adv,n-t) half-moon; half month; semicircle |
19016 |
| 能登半島 |
のとはんとう |
peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture |
19211 |
| 北限 |
ほくげん |
(n) northern limit |
19534 |
| 半円 |
はんえん |
(n) semi circle |
20004 |
| 北進 |
ほくしん |
(n,vs) proceeding north |
20712 |
| 北極圏 |
ほっきょくけん |
Arctic Circle |
21576 |
| 半壊 |
はんかい |
(n) partial destruction |
22001 |
| 北風 |
きたかぜ |
(n) north wind |
22113 |
| 北風 |
ほくふう |
(n) north wind |
22113 |
| 半日 |
はんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) half day |
22493 |
| 半日 |
はんにち |
(n-adv,n-t) half day |
22493 |
| 北極星 |
ほっきょくせい |
(n) Polaris; north star |
22493 |
| 半袖 |
はんそで |
(n) short sleeves |
22570 |
| 半母音 |
はんぼいん |
(n) semivowel |
23088 |
| 北面 |
ほくめん |
(n) north face; north side; the north; facing north |
23088 |
| 四半期 |
しはんき |
(n) quarter (of a year) |
23295 |
| 半永久 |
はんえいきゅう |
(n) semipermanence |
23295 |
| 東北大 |
とうほくだい |
(abbr) Touhoku University |
23686 |
| 北斗七星 |
ほくとしちせい |
(n) the Great Bear; the Great Dipper; Ursa Major |
24154 |
| 半端 |
はんぱ |
(adj-na,n) remnant; fragment; incomplete set; fraction; odd sum; incompleteness |
25172 |
| 半面 |
はんめん |
(n) half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary |
25172 |
| 夜半 |
やはん |
(n-adv,n-t) midnight; dead of night |
25423 |
| 夜半 |
よわ |
(n-adv,n-t) midnight; dead of night |
25423 |
| 折半 |
せっぱん |
(n,vs) half; division |
25491 |
| 半々 |
はんはん |
(n) half and half; fifty-fifty |
25630 |
| 北門 |
きたもん |
(n) north gate |
26080 |
| 四畳半 |
よじょうはん |
(n) 4 1; 2 Tatami mats |
26494 |
| 四半世紀 |
しはんせいき |
(n) quarter of a century |
26730 |
| 丁半 |
ちょうはん |
(n) odd and even numbers; dice game; gambling |
27330 |
| 半身不随 |
はんしんふずい |
(n) paralyzed on one side |
28008 |
| 北辺 |
ほくへん |
(n) northern extremity |
28200 |
| 極北 |
きょくほく |
(n) extreme north; north pole |
28567 |
| 東北東 |
とうほくとう |
(n) east-northeast; ENE |
29632 |
| 過半 |
かはん |
(n) the greater part |
29962 |
| 西北西 |
せいほくせい |
(n) west-northwest |
30552 |
| 北回帰線 |
きたかいきせん |
(n) Tropic of Cancer |
30552 |
| 半開 |
はんかい |
(n) semicivilized |
30688 |
| 半期 |
はんき |
(n-adv,n-t) half-term; half-time; half period |
30688 |
| 半殺し |
はんごろし |
(n) half killed |
30969 |
| 北郊 |
ほっこう |
(n) northern suburbs |
30969 |
| 半官半民 |
はんかんはんみん |
(adj-no,n) semi-governmental; semi-official |
31224 |
| 半周 |
はんしゅう |
(n) semicircle; half globe |
31224 |
| 半旗 |
はんき |
(n) flag at half-mast |
31368 |
| 北の方 |
きたのかた |
(n) nobleman's true wife; facing the north |
31368 |
| 北光 |
ほっこう |
northern lights |
31648 |
| 半人前 |
はんにんまえ |
(n) half share; half a man |
31930 |
| 半裸 |
はんら |
(n) half-nakedness |
32076 |
| 北半 |
ほくはん |
northern half |
32216 |
| 南半 |
なんはん |
southern half |
33462 |
| 半紙 |
はんし |
(n) Japanese writing paper used for calligraphy |
33462 |
| 北嶺 |
ほくれい |
northern mountain; Mt. Hiei |
33462 |
| 三半規管 |
さんはんきかん |
(n) semicircular canals |
34034 |
| 半信半疑 |
はんしんはんぎ |
(n) half in doubt; dubious; incredulous |
35357 |
| 西半球 |
にしはんきゅう |
(n) the Occident |
36396 |
| 半二重 |
はんにじゅう |
(adj-na,n) half duplex |
36396 |
| 半焼 |
はんしょう |
(n,vs) half burnt |
36620 |
| 生半可 |
なまはんか |
(adj-na,n) superficial; half-hearted |
37130 |
| 中半 |
ちゅうはん |
middle; half-finished |
38280 |
| 半纏 |
はんてん |
(n) short coat; workman's livery coat |
38280 |
| 北枕 |
きたまくら |
(n) turning the head to the north in sleeping |
39227 |
| 半値 |
はんね |
(n) half price |
39571 |
| 半ドン |
はんドン |
(n) half holiday (the "don" is from dontaku) |
39920 |
| 半夏生 |
はんげしょう |
(n) 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing day |
39920 |
| 半切 |
はんせつ |
(n) half-size |
39920 |
| 半農半漁 |
はんのうはんぎょ |
(n) half-agricultural and half-fishing (village or economy) |
40263 |
| 半鐘 |
はんしょう |
(n) fire alarm; fire bell |
40619 |
| 半開き |
はんびらき |
(n) partly open; in half bloom |
41039 |
| 南船北馬 |
なんせんほくば |
(n) constant travelling; being on the move; restless wandering |
41444 |