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Entry Reading English Rank
時代 じだい (n-t) period; epoch; era 65
歴史 れきし (n) history 155
代表 だいひょう (n,vs) representative; representation; delegation; type; example; model 178
代 しろ (n) price; materials; substitution 211
代 だい (n-suf) charge; cost; price 211
代 よ (n) world; society; age; generation 211
年代 ねんだい (n) age; era; period; date 255
初代 しょだい (n) first generation; founder 720
現代 げんだい (adj-no,n-adv,n) nowadays; modern times; present-day 735
先代 せんだい (n) family predecessor; previous age; previous generation 1082
古代 こだい (adj-na,n-adv,n-t) ancient times 1152
次代 じだい (n) the next era 1269
歴代 れきだい (n) successive generations; successive emperors 1338
近代 きんだい (n) present day 1385
史上 しじょう (adj-no,n-adv,n-t) historical 1673
古 いにしえ (n) antiquity; ancient times 1849
古 こ old 1849
古 ふる (n) used; secondhand 1849
代わり かわり (n) substitute; deputy; proxy; alternate; relief; compensation; second helping 1914
世代 せだい (n) generation; the world; the age 1971
古い ふるい (adj) old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article 2001
代わる かわる (v5r,vi) to take the place of; to relieve; to be substituted for; to be exchanged; to change places with; to take turns; to be replaced 2412
古典 こてん (n) old book; classics; classic 2418
古く ふるく (adv,n) anciently; formerly 2476
代理 だいり (n) representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.) 2845
古墳 こふん (n) ancient (mound) tomb 2959
代替 だいがえ (n) change of ownership; substitution; subrogation 3194
代替 だいがわり (n) change of ownership; substitution; subrogation 3194
代替 だいたい (n) change of ownership; substitution; subrogation 3194
交代 こうたい (n,vs) alternation; change; relief; relay; shift 3361
史跡 しせき (n) historical landmark 3982
古川 ふるかわ (n) old river 4418
史料 しりょう (n) historical records 4735
代行 だいこう (n) acting as agent 5162
最古 さいこ (n) the oldest 5324
古河 ふるかわ (n) old river 5624
譜代 ふだい (n) successive generations; hereditary (Tokugawa) daimyo 5637
代数 だいすう (n) algebra 6013
千代 せんだい (n) (1) thousand years; (2) very long period; forever 6555
千代 ちよ (n) (1) thousand years; (2) very long period; forever 6555
考古学 こうこがく (adj-no,n) archaeology 6846
中古 ちゅうこ (n-t) (1) used; second-hand; old; (2) Middle Ages 6933
中古 ちゅうぶる (n-t) (1) used; second-hand; old 6933
古来 こらい (adj-no,adv,n) from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured 7021
代々 だいだい (n-adv,n-t) for generations; hereditary; generation after generation 7098
代々 よよ (n-adv,n-t) for generations; hereditary; generation after generation 7098
古今 ここん (n) ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present 7167
代名詞 だいめいし (n) pronoun 7393
代役 だいやく (n) important mission; heavy role; substitute actor; stand-in; double 7427
史実 しじつ (n) historical fact 7543
正史 せいし (n) authentic history 7611
代用 だいよう (n) substitution 7688
次世代 じせだい (n) next (future) generation 7841
代謝 たいしゃ (n) (abbr) renewal; regeneration; metabolism 7935
代打 だいだ (n) pinch-hitting 8231
古事記 こじき (n) Japan's Ancient Chronicle 8234
八千代 やちよ (n) eternity; thousands of years 8313
稽古 けいこ (n) practice; training; study 8994
代官 だいかん (n) Edo period prefectural governor (magistrate, bailiff) 9141
国史 こくし (n) history of a nation; Japanese history 9390
史学 しがく (n) study of history 10102
神代 かみよ (n) ancient time; age of the gods 10235
神代 じんだい (n) ancient time; age of the gods 10235
代理人 だいりにん (n) proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative; attorney 10354
代金 だいきん (n) price; payment; cost; charge; the money; the bill 10427
復古 ふっこ (n) revival; restoration 10971
史家 しか (n) historian 11406
代償 だいしょう (n) compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration 11902
古都 こと (n) ancient city; former capital 12861
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
城代 じょうだい (n) chamberlain; castle keeper 12899
古文 こぶん (n) ancient writing; classical literature 13146
古文 こもん (n) ancient writing; classical literature 13146
史観 しかん (n) historical view 13167
戦史 せんし (n) military history or annals 13250
代える かえる (v1) to exchange; to interchange; to substitute; to replace 13381
代走 だいそう (n) substitute runner 13417
古巣 ふるす (n) old haunts; former homes 13515
古参 こさん (n) seniority; long service 13810
古城 こじょう (n) old castle; old fortress 13845
史書 ししょ (n) history book 13955
代言 だいげん (n) advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney 14126
当代 とうだい (n-adv,n-t) the present age; these days; (present) head of the family 14805
代議士 だいぎし (n) parliamentarian; member of a congress 14959
太古 たいこ (n-adv,n) ancient times 14982
古道 こどう (n) old road; ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning 15259
古書 こしょ (n) old book; rare book 15294
旧石器時代 きゅうせっきじだい (n) Old Stone Age; paleolithic 15546
先史 せんし (n) prehistory 16294
古語 こご (n) obsolete word; old proverb; ancient (Japanese) language 16902
前代未聞 ぜんだいみもん (n) unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history; record-breaking 17023
永代 えいたい (n) permanence; eternity 17421
代議員 だいぎいん (n) representative; delegate 17590
身代わり みがわり (n) substitute (for); sacrifice (of, to); scapegoat (for) 17661
代入 だいにゅう (n) substitution 17756
古風 こふう (adj-na,n) old customs; old style 17775
一代 いちだい (n) a generation; lifetime; age 17858
古楽 こがく (n) ancient (early) music 18052
後代 こうだい (n) posterity; future generations 18127
時代遅れ じだいおくれ (adj-na,n) old-fashioned 18155
代物 しろもの (n) thing; article; goods; fellow; affair 18267
代物 だいぶつ (n) substitute 18267
前史 ぜんし (n) prehistory 18406
古本 こほん (n) ancient book; antiquarian books; secondhand book 18538
古本 ふるほん (n) ancient book; antiquarian books; secondhand book 18538
古本 ふるぼん (n) ancient book; antiquarian books; secondhand book 18538
古戦場 こせんじょう (n) ancient battlefield 18621
上代 じょうだい (n) ancient times 18728
参勤交代 さんきんこうたい (n) daimyo's alternating Edo residence 18793
君が代 きみがよ Imperial reign; title of Japanese national anthem 19403
万代 ばんだい (n-adv,n-t) thousands of years; eternity; all generations 19403
万代 まんだい (n-adv,n-t) thousands of years; eternity; all generations 19403
万代 よろずよ (n-adv,n-t) thousands of years; eternity; all generations 19403
有史 ゆうし (n) recorded in history; historical 19579
代弁 だいべん (n,vs) pay by proxy; act for another; speak for another 19721
古寺 こじ (n) old temple 20404
古寺 ふるでら (n) old temple 20404
古式 こしき (n) old style; ancient rites 20588
古生代 こせいだい (n) Paleozoic era 20782
名代 なだい (n) well-known; fame 21138
名代 みょうだい (n) proxy; representative 21138
古里 ふるさと (n) home town; birthplace; old village; historic village; native place; one's old home 21576
中生代 ちゅうせいだい (n) Mesozoic era 21615
前代 ぜんだい (n) previous generation; former ages 21649
代る かわる (io) (v5r,vi) to take the place of; to relieve; to be substituted for; to be exchanged; to change places with; to take turns; to be replaced 21836
秘史 ひし (n) hidden or secret history 22305
一代記 いちだいき (n) a biography 22570
地代 じだい (n) land rent 22992
地代 ちだい (n) land rent 22992
御代 みよ (n) imperial reign 23460
古木 こぼく (n) old tree 23584
総代 そうだい (n) representative 23635
肩代わり かたがわり (n) shouldering another's debt 23686
代り かわり (n) substitute; deputy; proxy; alternate; relief; compensation; second helping 23966
通史 つうし (n) overview of history 23966
古流 こりゅう (n) old manners; old style; old school (of art) 24029
古史 こし (n) ancient history 24551
新生代 しんせいだい (n) Cenozoic era 24551
古着 ふるぎ (n) old clothes; secondhand clothing 24627
女史 じょし (n) Ms. 24777
好古 こうこ (n) love of antiquities 24915
古伝 こでん (n) legend; tradition 24980
小史 しょうし (n) short or concise history 24980
代位 だいい (n) substitution 24980
古紙 こし (n) used paper; paper for recycling 25172
古人 こじん (n) ancient people 25172
稀代 きだい (adj-no) uncommon; rare 25286
史的 してき (adj-na,n) historic; historical 25286
代替わり だいかわり taking over (store or family's headship) 25286