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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 明治 |
めいじ |
Meiji era |
279 |
| 小説 |
しょうせつ |
(n) novel; story |
424 |
| 書く |
かく |
(v5k) to write |
463 |
| 説 |
せつ |
(n,n-suf) theory |
600 |
| 不明 |
ふめい |
(adj-na,n) unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; ignorant; lack of wisdom; anonymous; unidentified |
617 |
| 取る |
とる |
(v5r) to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to choose |
700 |
| 伝説 |
でんせつ |
(n) tradition; legend; folklore |
810 |
| 解説 |
かいせつ |
(n,vs) explanation; commentary |
864 |
| 説明 |
せつめい |
(n,vs) explanation; exposition |
934 |
| 扱う |
あつかう |
(v5u) to handle; to deal with; to treat |
1124 |
| 扱い |
あつかい |
(n,n-suf,vs) treatment; service |
1467 |
| 取得 |
しゅとく |
(n) acquisition |
1499 |
| 取引 |
とりひき |
(n) transactions; dealings; business |
1518 |
| 明らか |
あきらか |
(adj-na,n) obvious; evident; clear; plain |
1520 |
| 図書館 |
としょかん |
(n) library |
1681 |
| 取締役 |
とりしまりやく |
(n) company director; board member |
1701 |
| 文書 |
ぶんしょ |
(n) document; writing; letter; note; records; archives |
2076 |
| 文書 |
もんじょ |
(n) document; writing; letter; note; records; archives |
2076 |
| 著書 |
ちょしょ |
(n) literary work; book |
2090 |
| 書籍 |
しょせき |
(n) book; publication |
2314 |
| 証明 |
しょうめい |
(n,vs) proof; verification |
2502 |
| 書房 |
しょぼう |
(n) library; bookstore |
2599 |
| 明確 |
めいかく |
(adj-na,n) clear up; clarify; define |
2694 |
| 取り上げる |
とりあげる |
(v1) to take up; to pick up; to disqualify; to confiscate; to deprive |
2704 |
| 文明 |
ぶんめい |
(n) civilization; culture |
2713 |
| 聖書 |
せいしょ |
(n) Bible; scriptures |
2790 |
| 取扱 |
とりあつかい |
(n) treatment; service; handling; management |
3010 |
| 発明 |
はつめい |
(n,vs) invention |
3043 |
| 取り入れる |
とりいれる |
(v1) to harvest; to take in; to adopt |
3103 |
| 明るい |
あかるい |
(adj) bright; cheerful |
3152 |
| 取材 |
しゅざい |
(n) choice of subject; collecting data |
3191 |
| 表明 |
ひょうめい |
(n) declaration; indication; manifestation; demonstration; expression; announcement |
3250 |
| 判明 |
はんめい |
(n,vs) establishing; proving; identifying; confirming |
3298 |
| 書店 |
しょてん |
(n) bookshop |
3516 |
| 明日 |
あした |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 明日 |
あす |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 明日 |
みょうにち |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 取り付ける |
とりつける |
(v1) to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement |
3973 |
| 照明 |
しょうめい |
(n) illumination |
4307 |
| 取れる |
とれる |
(v1) to come off; to be taken off; to be removed; to be obtained; to leave; to come out (e.g. photo); to be interpreted |
4488 |
| 図書 |
としょ |
(n) books |
4802 |
| 取り扱う |
とりあつかう |
(v5u) to treat; to handle; to deal in |
4822 |
| 新書 |
しんしょ |
(n) new book; 17 x 11 cm paperbook book |
4823 |
| 透明 |
とうめい |
(adj-na,n) transparency; cleanness |
4870 |
| 受け取る |
うけとる |
(v5r) to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand |
4895 |
| 秘書 |
ひしょ |
(n) (private) secretary |
4943 |
| 取り組む |
とりくむ |
(v5m) to tackle; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to come to grips with |
5174 |
| 教科書 |
きょうかしょ |
(n) text book |
5225 |
| 書記 |
しょき |
(n) clerk; secretary |
5342 |
| 取り戻す |
とりもどす |
(v5s) to take back; to regain |
5414 |
| 説得 |
せっとく |
(n) persuasion |
5428 |
| 明記 |
めいき |
(n,vs) clear writing; specification |
5595 |
| 取り込む |
とりこむ |
(v5m) to take in; to introduce; to be busy; to be confused |
5681 |
| 説く |
とく |
(v5k) to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade |
5700 |
| 書き込み |
かきこみ |
(n,vs) writing; entry (e.g. form) |
5711 |
| 一説 |
いっせつ |
(n) another report (opinion) |
5759 |
| 取り扱い |
とりあつかい |
(n) treatment; service; handling; management |
5759 |
| 明かす |
あかす |
(v5s) to pass; spend; to reveal; to divulge |
5987 |
| 諸説 |
しょせつ |
(n) opinion |
6143 |
| 概説 |
がいせつ |
(n) general statement; outline |
6353 |
| 演説 |
えんぜつ |
(n) speech; address |
6472 |
| 書き込む |
かきこむ |
(v5m) to fill in (writing) |
6484 |
| 仮説 |
かせつ |
(n) hypothesis; supposition; temporary; provisional; fictional |
6513 |
| 書物 |
しょもつ |
(n) books |
6616 |
| 摂取 |
せっしゅ |
(n) (1) intake; absorption; adoption; (2) assimilation |
6617 |
| 明治維新 |
めいじいしん |
(n) Meiji Restoration |
6704 |
| 聴取 |
ちょうしゅ |
(n) listening; hearing; audition; radio reception |
6906 |
| 日本書紀 |
にほんしょき |
Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan) |
6933 |
| 辞書 |
じしょ |
(n) dictionary; lexicon |
6982 |
| 奪取 |
だっしゅ |
(n,vs) usurpation; taking back |
7047 |
| 公明党 |
こうめいとう |
Justice Party |
7167 |
| 書体 |
しょたい |
(n) calligraphic style(s) |
7170 |
| 書院 |
しょいん |
(n) drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove |
7176 |
| 書類 |
しょるい |
(n) documents; official papers |
7324 |
| 白書 |
はくしょ |
(n) white paper |
7397 |
| 解明 |
かいめい |
(n,vs) elucidation; explication |
7409 |
| 取手 |
とって |
(n) handle; grip; knob |
7432 |
| 引き取る |
ひきとる |
(v5r) to take charge of; to take over; to retire to a private place |
7470 |
| 取り出す |
とりだす |
(v5s) to take out; to produce; to pick out |
7487 |
| 夜明け |
よあけ |
(n) dawn; daybreak |
7618 |
| 書簡 |
しょかん |
(n) letter; note; epistle |
7625 |
| 取締 |
とりしまり |
(n) control; management; supervision |
7735 |
| 書き換える |
かきかえる |
(v1) to rewrite; to renew; to transfer |
7935 |
| 頭取 |
とうどり |
(n) (bank) president |
8005 |
| 読書 |
どくしょ |
(n) reading |
8095 |
| 明示 |
めいじ |
(n,vs) specification; explicitly state |
8130 |
| 取り除く |
とりのぞく |
(v5k) to remove; to take away; to set apart |
8175 |
| 採取 |
さいしゅ |
(n) picking; collecting; harvesting |
8334 |
| 書道 |
しょどう |
(n) calligraphy |
8348 |
| 未明 |
みめい |
(n-adv,n-t) early dawn; grey of morning |
8520 |
| 声明 |
せいめい |
(n) declaration; statement; proclamation |
8594 |
| 天明 |
てんめい |
(n) dawn; daybreak |
8720 |
| 黎明 |
れいめい |
(n) daybreak; dawn |
8899 |
| 書き下ろす |
かきおろす |
(v5s) to write a play, book, filmscript, etc. |
9001 |
| 学説 |
がくせつ |
(n) theory |
9259 |
| 英明 |
えいめい |
(adj-na,n) intelligent; wise; bright; brilliant; clear-sighted |
9284 |
| 汲み取る |
くみとる |
(v5r) to scoop out; to pump out; to understand |
9371 |
| 取り組み |
とりくみ |
(io) (n) a bout (in sports, etc.); a match |
9377 |
| 神明 |
しんめい |
(n) deity; God |
9566 |
| 説話 |
せつわ |
(n) tale; narrative |
9940 |
| 乗っ取る |
のっとる |
(v5r) to capture; to occupy; to usurp |
10024 |
| 明治天皇 |
めいじてんのう |
(n) Emperor Meiji |
10119 |
| 明言 |
めいげん |
(n) declaration; statement |
10328 |
| 異説 |
いせつ |
(n) different opinion |
10549 |
| 通説 |
つうせつ |
(n) (obs) prevailing view; common opinion |
10605 |
| 取扱い |
とりあつかい |
(n) treatment; service; handling; management |
10707 |
| やり取り |
やりとり |
(n) giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange |
10944 |
| 叢書 |
そうしょ |
(n) series (of publications); library (of literature) |
10978 |
| 落書き |
らくがき |
(n,vs) scrawl; scribble; graffiti |
11140 |
| 明美 |
めいび |
(adj-na,n) picturesque; beautiful |
11255 |
| 肩書き |
かたがき |
(n) title; degree; address (on letter); criminal record |
11304 |
| 取り壊す |
とりこわす |
(v5s) to demolish; to tear or pull down |
11351 |
| 説教 |
せっきょう |
(n) propound; preach; sermon |
11372 |
| 取り付け |
とりつけ |
(n) installation; furnishing; fitting; run on a bank |
11386 |
| 明大 |
めいだい |
(abbr) Meiji University |
11450 |
| 公文書 |
こうぶんしょ |
(n) official document; archives |
11461 |
| 明徳 |
めいとく |
(n) virtue |
11461 |
| 取り消す |
とりけす |
(v5s) to cancel |
11606 |
| 明星 |
みょうじょう |
(n) morning star; Venus; Lucifer; (literary) star |
11606 |
| 明け |
あけ |
(n,n-suf) beginning; dawn; end; expiration |
11802 |
| 光明 |
こうみょう |
(n) glory; hope; right future |
11817 |
| 鮮明 |
せんめい |
(adj-na,n) vivid; clear; distinct |
11860 |
| 討ち取る |
うちとる |
(v5r) to arrest; to take prisoner; to kill |
11997 |
| 買い取る |
かいとる |
(v5r) to buy; to purchase |
11997 |
| 取り囲む |
とりかこむ |
(v5m) to surround; to crowd around |
12005 |
| 蔵書 |
ぞうしょ |
(n,vs) book collection |
12107 |
| 書記官 |
しょきかん |
(n) secretary |
12138 |
| 肩書 |
かたがき |
(n) title; degree; address (on letter); criminal record |
12177 |
| 明白 |
あからさま |
(adj-na,n) (uk) obvious; overt; plainly; frankly |
12187 |
| 明白 |
めいはく |
(adj-na,n) (uk) obvious; overt; plainly; frankly |
12187 |
| 漢書 |
かんしょ |
(n) a Chinese book; a book written in Chinese |
12434 |
| 書面 |
しょめん |
(n) document; letter |
12576 |
| 訳書 |
やくしょ |
(n) translation |
12607 |
| 司書 |
ししょ |
(n) librarian |
12679 |
| 本書 |
ほんしょ |
(n) text; script; this book |
12711 |
| 取り巻く |
とりまく |
(v5k) to surround; to circle; to enclose |
12837 |
| 古文書 |
こぶんしょ |
(n) ancient documents; archives |
12899 |
| 古文書 |
こもんじょ |
(n) ancient documents; archives |
12899 |
| 取組 |
とりくみ |
(n) a bout (in sports, etc.); a match |
12931 |
| 書き方 |
かきかた |
(n) way of writing; how to write |
12963 |
| 取水 |
しゅすい |
(n,vs) drawing water from river or lake |
13082 |
| 取り外す |
とりはずす |
(v5s) to dismantle; to take something away; to detach |
13120 |
| 取消 |
とりけし |
(n) cancellation; cancel (CAN) |
13193 |
| 手書き |
てかき |
(n) (1) handwriting; (2) skilled penman |
13236 |
| 手書き |
てがき |
(n) (1) handwriting; (2) skilled penman |
13236 |
| 証書 |
しょうしょ |
(n) bond; deed; certificate |
13543 |
| 秘書官 |
ひしょかん |
(n) minister's secretary |
13648 |
| 読み取る |
よみとる |
(v5r) to read (someones) mind; to read (the calibration) |
13692 |
| 取り下げる |
とりさげる |
(v1) to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit) |
13740 |
| 勝ち取る |
かちとる |
(v5r) to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory) |
13825 |