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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 島 |
しま |
(n) island |
299 |
| 後半 |
こうはん |
(n-adv,n) second half |
1205 |
| 半 |
はん |
(n-adv,n,n-suf) half |
1529 |
| 島根 |
しまね |
(n) island country |
1535 |
| 諸島 |
しょとう |
(n) archipelago; group of islands |
1946 |
| 前半 |
ぜんはん |
(n) first half |
2127 |
| 前半 |
ぜんぱん |
(n) first half |
2127 |
| 中島 |
なかじま |
(n) island in a pond or river |
2387 |
| 大半 |
たいはん |
(n) majority; mostly; generally |
2618 |
| 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 |
| 半ば |
なかば |
(n-adv,n) middle; half; semi; halfway; partly |
3810 |
| 小島 |
こじま |
(n) small island; islet |
3864 |
| 列島 |
れっとう |
(n) chain of islands |
4606 |
| 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 |
| 半径 |
はんけい |
(n) radius |
5092 |
| 半導体 |
はんどうたい |
(n) semiconductor |
5398 |
| 朝鮮半島 |
ちょうせんはんとう |
Korean peninsula |
6425 |
| 半田 |
はんだ |
(n) solder; pewter |
7957 |
| 半数 |
はんすう |
(n) half the number |
8550 |
| 本島 |
ほんとう |
(n) main island; this island |
8749 |
| 過半数 |
かはんすう |
(n) majority |
9940 |
| 半減 |
はんげん |
(n,vs) reduction by half; halve |
9971 |
| 島々 |
しまじま |
(n) islands |
10493 |
| 島内 |
とうない |
(n) on the island |
10590 |
| 上半身 |
じょうはんしん |
(n) upper half of body; bust |
10834 |
| 離島 |
りとう |
(n) isolated (outlying) island; departure from an island |
10931 |
| 千島 |
ちしま |
Kurile Islands |
11088 |
| 淡路島 |
あわじしま |
island in Hyogo Prefecture |
11233 |
| 上半期 |
かみはんき |
(n) first half of a year |
11304 |
| 島嶼 |
とうしょ |
(n) islands |
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 |
| 無人島 |
むじんとう |
(n) unpopulated island |
12060 |
| 半角 |
はんかく |
(n) half-width characters (e.g. romaji) |
12150 |
| 宝島 |
たからじま |
(n) treasure island |
12197 |
| 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 |
| 群島 |
ぐんとう |
(n) island group; archipelago |
12963 |
| 島民 |
とうみん |
(n) islanders |
13543 |
| 中途半端 |
ちゅうとはんぱ |
(adj-na,n) halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves |
14016 |
| 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 |
| 孤島 |
ことう |
(n) solitary island |
15474 |
| 北半球 |
きたはんきゅう |
(n) northern hemisphere |
15502 |
| 八丈島 |
はちじょうじま |
Hachijo Island |
16390 |
| 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 |
| 半熟 |
はんじゅく |
(adj-no,n) half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled |
17685 |
| 島国 |
しまぐに |
(n) island country (i.e. Japan) |
17775 |
| 島国 |
とうごく |
(n) island country (i.e. Japan) |
17775 |
| 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 |
| 半円 |
はんえん |
(n) semi circle |
20004 |
| 全島 |
ぜんとう |
(n) the whole island |
20635 |
| 半壊 |
はんかい |
(n) partial destruction |
22001 |
| 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 |
| 半袖 |
はんそで |
(n) short sleeves |
22570 |
| 半母音 |
はんぼいん |
(n) semivowel |
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 |
| 鬼ヶ島 |
おにがしま |
mythological island of demons |
24291 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 比島 |
ひとう |
the Philippines |
29632 |
| 過半 |
かはん |
(n) the greater part |
29962 |
| 島中 |
とうちゅう |
all over the island |
30308 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 遠島 |
えんとう |
(n) remote island; punishment by exile to a remote island |
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 |
| 属島 |
ぞくとう |
(n) an island belonging to a political entity |
33282 |
| 南半 |
なんはん |
southern half |
33462 |
| 半紙 |
はんし |
(n) Japanese writing paper used for calligraphy |
33462 |
| 島守 |
しまもり |
(n) island chief |
33636 |
| 島守 |
とうしゅ |
(n) island chief |
33636 |
| 三半規管 |
さんはんきかん |
(n) semicircular canals |
34034 |
| 島流し |
しまながし |
(n) exile; banishment |
34381 |
| 島山 |
しまやま |
(n) island mountain |
34761 |
| 半信半疑 |
はんしんはんぎ |
(n) half in doubt; dubious; incredulous |
35357 |
| 秋津島 |
あきつしま |
(n) (ancient) Japan |
35778 |
| 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 |
| 島影 |
しまかげ |
(n) silhouette of island |
38888 |
| 島台 |
しまだい |
(n) ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth |
39571 |
| 半値 |
はんね |
(n) half price |
39571 |
| 離れ島 |
はなれじま |
(n) solitary island |
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 |
| 半死半生 |
はんしはんしょう |
(n) all but dead; half killed |
41444 |
| 半天 |
はんてん |
(n) half the sky; mid-air |
41444 |
| 三行半 |
さんぎょうはん |
3 lines and a half |
42342 |
| 三行半 |
みくだりはん |
(n) letter of divorce |
42342 |
| 島国根性 |
しまぐにこんじょう |
(n) insularism |
42342 |
| 東半球 |
ひがしはんきゅう |
(n) Eastern Hemisphere |
42342 |
| 半畳 |
はんじょう |
(n) half mat; hissing; heckling |
42342 |
| 半道 |
はんみち |
(n-adv,n-t) half a ri (measure of length); halfway |
42893 |
| 半玉 |
はんぎょく |
(n) child geisha; apprentice entertainer |
43447 |
| 半休 |
はんきゅう |
(n) half holiday |
44061 |
| 半夜 |
はんや |
(n-adv,n-t) midnight |
44061 |
| 浮き島 |
うきしま |
(n) floating mass of waterweeds; floating island |
44061 |
| 島陰 |
しまかげ |
(n) the other side of the island |
44709 |
| 半可通 |
はんかつう |
(adj-na,n) superficial knowledge; smatterer |
44709 |
| 半裁 |
はんさい |
(n) cutting in half or two |
44709 |
| 高島田 |
たかしまだ |
(n) traditional hair style |
45436 |
| 島破り |
しまやぶり |
(n) escaping from an island exile |
45436 |
| 半弓 |
はんきゅう |
(n) small bow |
45436 |
| 半白 |
はんぱく |
(n) grayish color |
45436 |
| 半眼 |
はんがん |
(n) with eyes half-closed |
46248 |
| 半金 |
はんきん |
(n) half the amount |
46248 |
| 有半 |
ゆうはん |
(n) half again of a designated unit |
46248 |
| 話半分 |
はなしはんぶん |
(n) taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story |
46248 |
| 藁半紙 |
わらばんし |
(n) straw paper |
46248 |
| 四半分 |
しはんぶん |
(n) a fourth; quarter |
47205 |
| 半作 |
はんさく |
(n) half crop |
47205 |
| 半時 |
はんとき |
(n-adv,n-t) about an hour; short time |
47205 |
| 一紙半銭 |
いっしはんせん |
(n) a small sum; things of little value |
48294 |
| 一知半解 |
いっちはんかい |
(adj-na,n) superficial knowledge; half knowledge |
48294 |
| 女護が島 |
にょごがしま |
(n) isle of women; women-only location |
48294 |
| 絶島 |
ぜっとう |
(n) lonely (isolated) island |
48294 |