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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 鉄道 |
てつどう |
(n) railroad |
37 |
| 道 |
みち |
(n) road; street; way; method |
43 |
| 道路 |
どうろ |
(n) road; highway |
161 |
| 国道 |
こくどう |
(n) national highway |
165 |
| 開始 |
かいし |
(n,vs) start; commencement; beginning |
184 |
| 発売 |
はつばい |
(n,vs) sale |
187 |
| 開発 |
かいはつ |
(n) development; exploitation |
198 |
| 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 |
| 長 |
おさ |
(n) chief; head |
278 |
| 発表 |
はっぴょう |
(n,vs) announcement; publication |
429 |
| 開業 |
かいぎょう |
(n) opening of business or practice |
435 |
| 開催 |
かいさい |
(n,vs) holding a meeting; open an exhibition |
453 |
| 発生 |
はっせい |
(n,vs) outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; origin |
485 |
| 海 |
うみ |
(n) sea; beach |
576 |
| 長い |
ながい |
(adj) long |
629 |
| 海軍 |
かいぐん |
(n) navy |
705 |
| 公開 |
こうかい |
(n,vs) presenting to the public |
711 |
| 発見 |
はっけん |
(n,vs) discovery; detection; finding |
796 |
| 発行 |
はっこう |
(n) issue (publications) |
824 |
| 都道府県 |
とどうふけん |
(n) administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures |
838 |
| 社長 |
しゃちょう |
(n) company president; manager; director |
863 |
| 展開 |
てんかい |
(n,vs) develop; expansion (opposite of compression) |
891 |
| 県道 |
けんどう |
(n) prefectural road |
920 |
| 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 |
| 発展 |
はってん |
(n,vs) development; growth |
1000 |
| 会長 |
かいちょう |
(n) president (of a society); chairman |
1033 |
| 軌道 |
きどう |
(n) (1) orbit; (2) railroad track |
1052 |
| 海外 |
かいがい |
(n) foreign; abroad; overseas |
1120 |
| 東海 |
とうかい |
(n) region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea |
1134 |
| 発 |
はつ |
(n,suf) departure; beginning; counter for gunshots |
1151 |
| 開通 |
かいつう |
(n,vs) opening; open |
1172 |
| 延長 |
えんちょう |
(n,vs) extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening |
1210 |
| 開く |
あく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to open; to become open; to become empty |
1260 |
| 開く |
ひらく |
(v5k) to open (e.g. a festival) |
1260 |
| 発足 |
はっそく |
(n) starting; inauguration |
1264 |
| 発足 |
ほっそく |
(n) starting; inauguration |
1264 |
| 発言 |
はつげん |
(n) utterance; speech; proposal |
1270 |
| 長官 |
ちょうかん |
(n) chief; (government) secretary |
1281 |
| 開設 |
かいせつ |
(n,vs) establishment; opening |
1308 |
| 身長 |
しんちょう |
(n) height (of body); stature |
1339 |
| 報道 |
ほうどう |
(n) information; report |
1391 |
| 成長 |
せいちょう |
(n,vs) growth; grow to adulthood |
1434 |
| 北部 |
ほくぶ |
(n) north; northern part |
1439 |
| 発電 |
はつでん |
(n,vs) generation (e.g. power) |
1492 |
| 街道 |
かいどう |
(n) highway |
1515 |
| 支庁 |
しちょう |
(n) (governmental) branch office |
1691 |
| 発着 |
はっちゃく |
(n) arrival and departure |
1710 |
| 南北 |
なんぼく |
(n) south and north |
1930 |
| 全長 |
ぜんちょう |
(n) over-all length; span |
1959 |
| 発射 |
はっしゃ |
(n,vs) firing; shooting; discharge; catapult |
1973 |
| 海上 |
かいじょう |
(n) maritime |
2043 |
| 海岸 |
かいがん |
(n) coast; beach |
2057 |
| 南海 |
なんかい |
(n) southern sea |
2070 |
| 長男 |
ちょうなん |
(n) eldest son |
2131 |
| 爆発 |
ばくはつ |
(n,vs) explosion; detonation; eruption |
2178 |
| 発達 |
はったつ |
(n,vs) development; growth |
2185 |
| 部長 |
ぶちょう |
(n) head of a section or department |
2229 |
| 開局 |
かいきょく |
(n) opening of post-office or telephone exchange |
2302 |
| 再開 |
さいかい |
(n) reopening; resumption |
2471 |
| 市長 |
しちょう |
(n) mayor |
2487 |
| 道具 |
どうぐ |
(n) implement; tool; means |
2547 |
| 発音 |
はつおん |
(n,vs) pronunciation |
2587 |
| 東海道 |
とうかいどう |
Tokaido (name of Edo-Kyoto highway) |
2605 |
| 庁 |
ちょう |
(n,n-suf) government office |
2620 |
| 議長 |
ぎちょう |
(n) chairman |
2649 |
| 長期 |
ちょうき |
(n-adv,n-t) long time period |
2717 |
| 北口 |
きたぐち |
(n) north entrance |
2762 |
| 発揮 |
はっき |
(n,vs) exhibition; demonstration; utilization; display |
2776 |
| 北陸 |
ほくりく |
(n) region west of Tokyo on Japan Sea side of Japan |
2910 |
| 発明 |
はつめい |
(n,vs) invention |
3043 |
| 柔道 |
じゅうどう |
(n) judo |
3136 |
| 北西 |
ほくせい |
(n) northwest |
3160 |
| 校長 |
こうちょう |
(n) principal; headmaster |
3162 |
| 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 |
| 長調 |
ちょうちょう |
(n) major key (music) |
3378 |
| 局長 |
きょくちょう |
(n) bureau director; office chief |
3379 |
| 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 |
| 海洋 |
かいよう |
(n) ocean |
3403 |
| 官僚 |
かんりょう |
(n) bureaucrat; bureaucracy |
3408 |
| 開幕 |
かいまく |
(n) raising the curtain |
3451 |
| 北京 |
ぺきん |
Beijing (China) |
3509 |
| 上海 |
しゃんはい |
Shanghai (China) |
3524 |
| 開校 |
かいこう |
(n) opening a school |
3554 |
| 日本海 |
にっぽんかい |
(n) Sea of Japan |
3608 |
| 日本海 |
にほんかい |
(n) Sea of Japan |
3608 |
| 臨海 |
りんかい |
(n) coastal; seaside |
3608 |
| 県庁 |
けんちょう |
(n) prefectural office |
3643 |
| 開放 |
かいほう |
(n,vs) open; throw open; liberalization |
3656 |
| 出発 |
しゅっぱつ |
(n,vs) departure |
3703 |
| 海戦 |
かいせん |
(n) naval battle |
3742 |
| 長年 |
ながねん |
(n-adv,n-t) long time; many years |
3760 |
| 反発 |
はんぱつ |
(n,vs) repelling; rebound; recover; oppose |
3797 |
| 北米 |
ほくべい |
North America |
3836 |
| 警察官 |
けいさつかん |
(n) policemen |
3994 |
| 庁舎 |
ちょうしゃ |
(n) government office building |
4106 |
| 北方 |
ほっぽう |
(n) northern (district); northward |
4114 |
| 士官 |
しかん |
(n) officer |
4191 |
| 長距離 |
ちょうきょり |
(n) long distance; long-haul |
4209 |
| 官位 |
かんい |
(n) office and rank; an official rank |
4211 |
| 総長 |
そうちょう |
(n) (college) president; secretary-general |
4281 |
| 海峡 |
かいきょう |
(n) channel |
4306 |
| 隊長 |
たいちょう |
(n) commanding officer |
4324 |
| 発掘 |
はっくつ |
(n,vs) (1) excavation; exhumation; (2) discovery (e.g. new talent) |
4337 |
| 航海 |
こうかい |
(n,vs) sail; voyage |
4357 |
| 課長 |
かちょう |
(n) section manager; section chief |
4447 |
| 開拓 |
かいたく |
(n,vs) reclamation (of wasteland); cultivation; pioneer |
4489 |
| 学長 |
がくちょう |
(n) university president |
4527 |
| 発車 |
はっしゃ |
(n) departure of a vehicle |
4560 |
| 先発 |
せんぱつ |
(n,vs) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead |
4569 |
| 発動 |
はつどう |
(n,vs) invoke (law); put into operation |
4589 |
| 北緯 |
ほくい |
(n) north latitude |
4616 |
| 開ける |
あける |
(v1) to open |
4628 |
| 開ける |
ひらける |
(v1) to become civilized; to become opened up; be up-to-date |
4628 |
| 水道 |
すいどう |
(n) water service; water supply |
4650 |
| 海賊 |
かいぞく |
(n) pirate; sea robber |
4702 |
| 警視庁 |
けいしちょう |
police headquarters |
4704 |
| 始発 |
しはつ |
(n) first train |
4714 |
| 発覚 |
はっかく |
(n,vs) detection; coming to light |
4718 |
| 活発 |
かっぱつ |
(adj-na,n) vigor; active |
4738 |
| 勃発 |
ぼっぱつ |
(n,vs) outbreak (e.g. war); outburst; sudden occurrence |
4785 |
| 海底 |
かいてい |
(n) bottom of the ocean |
4823 |
| 官房 |
かんぼう |
(n) government secretariat |
4920 |
| 北上 |
ほくじょう |
(n) going north |
4933 |
| 神道 |
しんとう |
(n) Shinto |
5015 |
| 発する |
はっする |
(vs-s) to fire (a gun); to emit; to give forth |
5032 |
| 開店 |
かいてん |
(n,vs) (grand) opening of shop |
5040 |
| 発祥 |
はっしょう |
(n) origin; appearance of auspicious omen |
5051 |
| 長女 |
ちょうじょ |
(n) eldest daughter |
5142 |
| 道場 |
どうじょう |
(n) (arch) dojo; hall used for martial arts training; mandala |
5162 |
| 長編 |
ちょうへん |
(n) long (e.g. novel, film) |
5241 |
| 首長 |
しゅちょう |
(n) head (of organization) |
5348 |
| 艦長 |
かんちょう |
(n) captain (of a warship) |
5352 |
| 町長 |
ちょうちょう |
(n) town headman |
5423 |
| 長らく |
ながらく |
(adv) long; (for a) long time |
5471 |
| 海兵 |
かいへい |
(n) sailor; marine |
5478 |
| 多発 |
たはつ |
(n) repeated occurrence |
5585 |
| 台北 |
たいぺい |
Taipei |
5762 |
| 台北 |
たいほく |
Taipei |
5762 |
| 修道院 |
しゅうどういん |
(n) monastery; convent; cloister; abbey |
5924 |
| 開館 |
かいかん |
(n) opening of new hall |
5978 |
| 北欧 |
ほくおう |
Northern Europe; land of the Norsemen; Scandinavia |
6013 |
| 剣道 |
けんどう |
(n) kendo; swordmanship; fencing |
6092 |
| 修道 |
しゅうどう |
(n) learning; studying the fine arts |
6092 |