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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 |
| 進む |
すすむ |
(v5m,vi) to make progress; to advance; to improve |
1004 |
| 北部 |
ほくぶ |
(n) north; northern part |
1439 |
| 進める |
すすめる |
(v1,vt) to advance; to promote; to hasten |
1488 |
| 進行 |
しんこう |
(n) advance |
1581 |
| 進出 |
しんしゅつ |
(n) advance; step forward |
1716 |
| 推進 |
すいしん |
(n) propulsion; driving force |
1922 |
| 南北 |
なんぼく |
(n) south and north |
1930 |
| 進学 |
しんがく |
(n,vs) going on to university |
2482 |
| 進化 |
しんか |
(n) evolution; progress |
2577 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 促進 |
そくしん |
(n,vs) promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on |
3579 |
| 昇進 |
しょうしん |
(n) promotion |
3778 |
| 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 |
| 北上 |
ほくじょう |
(n) going north |
4933 |
| 進歩 |
しんぽ |
(n,vs) progress; development |
5258 |
| 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 |
| 先進 |
せんしん |
(n) seniority; advance; leadership |
6068 |
| 進路 |
しんろ |
(n) course; route |
6555 |
| 進展 |
しんてん |
(n,vs) progress; development |
6904 |
| 以北 |
いほく |
(n,n-suf) north of; and northward |
6928 |
| 進入 |
しんにゅう |
(n) penetration; entry |
7356 |
| 行進曲 |
こうしんきょく |
(n) a march |
7511 |
| 前進 |
ぜんしん |
(n) advance; drive; progress |
8061 |
| 北山 |
きたやま |
(n) northern hill |
8133 |
| 進撃 |
しんげき |
(n,vs) advance; charge |
8397 |
| 河北 |
かほく |
north of the (Yellow) river |
8442 |
| 発進 |
はっしん |
(n) departure; takeoff |
9015 |
| 北海 |
ほっかい |
(n) northern sea; North Sea |
9811 |
| 北極 |
ほっきょく |
(n) North Pole |
9905 |
| 行進 |
こうしん |
(n,vs) march; parade |
10111 |
| 進水 |
しんすい |
(n) (ship's) launching |
10133 |
| 進言 |
しんげん |
(n) proposal; counsel; advice (to a superior) |
10344 |
| 北朝 |
ほくちょう |
(n) Northern Dynasty |
10571 |
| 後進 |
こうしん |
(n) (1) one's junior; (2) developing; backward |
10658 |
| 躍進 |
やくしん |
(n) rush; dash; onslaught; dancing ahead |
10914 |
| 北端 |
ほくたん |
(n) northern extremity |
11093 |
| 進軍 |
しんぐん |
(n) (a) march; advance |
11104 |
| 北アイルランド |
きたアイルランド |
Northern Ireland |
11450 |
| 急進 |
きゅうしん |
(n,vs) rapid progress; radical |
11479 |
| 突進 |
とっしん |
(n,vs) rush; charge |
11730 |
| 寄進 |
きしん |
(n,vs) contribution; donation |
11844 |
| 進数 |
しんすう |
(number) base (e.g. 10) |
12092 |
| 直進 |
ちょくしん |
(n,vs) going right on; going straight ahead |
12138 |
| 進級 |
しんきゅう |
(n) promotion (school) |
12385 |
| 増進 |
ぞうしん |
(n,vs) promoting; increase; advance |
12391 |
| 南北戦争 |
なんぼくせんそう |
(U.S.) Civil War |
12547 |
| 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 |
| 特進 |
とくしん |
(n) special promotion (in rank or grade) |
13648 |
| 北岸 |
ほくがん |
(n) north coast; north bank |
13648 |
| 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 |
| 北大 |
ほくだい |
(abbr) Hokkaido University |
15041 |
| 北半球 |
きたはんきゅう |
(n) northern hemisphere |
15502 |
| 新進 |
しんしん |
(n) rising; up-and-coming |
15609 |
| 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 |
| 東進 |
とうしん |
(n,vs) proceeding east |
16223 |
| 進駐 |
しんちゅう |
(n) occupation; stationing |
16481 |
| 最北端 |
さいほくたん |
(n) northernmost tip (of country) |
17325 |
| 進捗 |
しんちょく |
(n,vs) progress; under way |
17505 |
| 精進 |
しょうじん |
(n) concentration; diligence; devotion; purification |
17564 |
| 勝ち進む |
かちすすむ |
(v5m) to win and advance to the next round |
18155 |
| 勧進 |
かんじん |
(n) temple solicitation |
18205 |
| 進駐軍 |
しんちゅうぐん |
(n) occupying forces |
18205 |
| 北洋 |
ほくよう |
(n) northern waters |
18441 |
| 北辰 |
ほくしん |
(n) North-Star |
18762 |
| 亢進 |
こうしん |
(n) rise; acceleration; exasperation |
18955 |
| 転進 |
てんしん |
(n) changing course or direction; shifting position |
19504 |
| 北限 |
ほくげん |
(n) northern limit |
19534 |
| 進攻 |
しんこう |
(n) attack |
19826 |
| 北進 |
ほくしん |
(n,vs) proceeding north |
20712 |
| 北極圏 |
ほっきょくけん |
Arctic Circle |
21576 |
| 南進 |
なんしん |
(n,vs) proceeding south |
21889 |
| 北風 |
きたかぜ |
(n) north wind |
22113 |
| 北風 |
ほくふう |
(n) north wind |
22113 |
| 北極星 |
ほっきょくせい |
(n) Polaris; north star |
22493 |
| 進退 |
しんたい |
(n) movement; course of action; advance or retreat |
22749 |
| 邁進 |
まいしん |
(n,vs) push forward; struggle on |
22840 |
| 北面 |
ほくめん |
(n) north face; north side; the north; facing north |
23088 |
| 東北大 |
とうほくだい |
(abbr) Touhoku University |
23686 |
| 十進法 |
じっしんほう |
(n) decimal system |
23799 |
| 北斗七星 |
ほくとしちせい |
(n) the Great Bear; the Great Dipper; Ursa Major |
24154 |
| 突き進む |
つきすすむ |
(v5m) to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to |
24217 |
| 累進 |
るいしん |
(n) successive promotion; gradual promotion; graduated |
24495 |
| 押し進める |
おしすすめる |
(v1) to press forward |
24980 |
| 進呈 |
しんてい |
(n,vs) presentation |
25224 |
| 北門 |
きたもん |
(n) north gate |
26080 |
| 一進一退 |
いっしんいったい |
(n) now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; fluctuating |
26157 |
| 進取 |
しんしゅ |
(n) enterprise |
26893 |
| 猪突猛進 |
ちょとつもうしん |
(n) headlong; foolhardy; reckless |
27521 |
| 栄進 |
えいしん |
(n) promotion; advancement |
27901 |
| 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 |
| 漸進 |
ぜんしん |
(n) gradual progress; steady advance |
29736 |
| 並進 |
へいしん |
(n,vs) keeping pace with; keeping abreast of |
29736 |
| 西北西 |
せいほくせい |
(n) west-northwest |
30552 |
| 二進法 |
にしんほう |
(n) binary number system |
30552 |
| 北回帰線 |
きたかいきせん |
(n) Tropic of Cancer |
30552 |
| 北郊 |
ほっこう |
(n) northern suburbs |
30969 |
| 進発 |
しんぱつ |
(n) start |
31224 |
| 北の方 |
きたのかた |
(n) nobleman's true wife; facing the north |
31368 |
| 進度 |
しんど |
(n) progress |
31648 |
| 北光 |
ほっこう |
northern lights |
31648 |
| 北半 |
ほくはん |
northern half |
32216 |
| 進物 |
しんもつ |
(n) gift; present |
33111 |
| 北嶺 |
ほくれい |
northern mountain; Mt. Hiei |
33462 |
| 進講 |
しんこう |
(n) giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence; lecturing to the emperor |
33636 |
| 進み出る |
すすみでる |
(v1) to step forward; to volunteer |
34955 |
| 勧進元 |
かんじんもと |
(n) backer; promoter |
36169 |
| 詠進 |
えいしん |
(n) presentation of poem (to court) |
36396 |
| 進み |
すすみ |
(n) progress |
36396 |
| 驀進 |
ばくしん |
(n,vs) dash; rush |
37130 |
| 進上 |
しんじょう |
(n) giving; presenting |
37405 |
| 進貢 |
しんこう |
(n) paying tribute |
38001 |
| 注進 |
ちゅうしん |
(n,vs) information; making a report (to a superior) |
38001 |
| 猛進 |
もうしん |
(n) rushing madly ahead |
38280 |
| 日進月歩 |
にっしんげっぽ |
(n) steady progress; rapid advance |
38888 |
| 北枕 |
きたまくら |
(n) turning the head to the north in sleeping |
39227 |
| 進境 |
しんきょう |
(n) progress; improvement |
41039 |
| 南船北馬 |
なんせんほくば |
(n) constant travelling; being on the move; restless wandering |
41444 |
| 昂進 |
こうしん |
(n,vs) rising; exasperated; accelerated |
41904 |
| 調進 |
ちょうしん |
(n) preparation; supplying; procurement |
41904 |
| 累進税 |
るいしんぜい |
(n) progressive tax |
41904 |
| 挺進 |
ていしん |
(n,vs) go ahead of |
42342 |
| 精進揚げ |
しょうじんあげ |
(n) vegetable tempura |
44061 |
| 進ぜる |
しんぜる |
(v5r) to offer; to present |
44709 |
| 併進 |
へいしん |
(n,vs) advancing together |
44709 |
| 北境 |
ほっきょう |
northern boundary |
44709 |
| 北極熊 |
ほっきょくぐま |
(n) polar bear |
45436 |