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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 古代 |
こだい |
(adj-na,n-adv,n-t) ancient times |
1152 |
| 古 |
いにしえ |
(n) antiquity; ancient times |
1849 |
| 古 |
こ |
old |
1849 |
| 古 |
ふる |
(n) used; secondhand |
1849 |
| 古い |
ふるい |
(adj) old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article |
2001 |
| 古典 |
こてん |
(n) old book; classics; classic |
2418 |
| 古く |
ふるく |
(adv,n) anciently; formerly |
2476 |
| 古墳 |
こふん |
(n) ancient (mound) tomb |
2959 |
| 古川 |
ふるかわ |
(n) old river |
4418 |
| 最古 |
さいこ |
(n) the oldest |
5324 |
| 古河 |
ふるかわ |
(n) old river |
5624 |
| 句 |
く |
(n,n-suf) phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; expression; line; verse; stanze; 17-syllable poem |
6371 |
| 句 |
こう |
sentence |
6371 |
| 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 |
| 古今 |
ここん |
(n) ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present |
7167 |
| 古事記 |
こじき |
(n) Japan's Ancient Chronicle |
8234 |
| 稽古 |
けいこ |
(n) practice; training; study |
8994 |
| 文句 |
もんく |
(n) phrase; complaint |
9633 |
| 俳句 |
はいく |
(n) haiku poetry (17-syllable poem usually in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables) |
10460 |
| 復古 |
ふっこ |
(n) revival; restoration |
10971 |
| 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 |
| 挙句 |
あげく |
(n-adv,n-t) in the end; finally; at last |
12963 |
| 古文 |
こぶん |
(n) ancient writing; classical literature |
13146 |
| 古文 |
こもん |
(n) ancient writing; classical literature |
13146 |
| 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 |
| 語句 |
ごく |
(n) words; phrases |
14284 |
| 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 |
| 古語 |
こご |
(n) obsolete word; old proverb; ancient (Japanese) language |
16902 |
| 古風 |
こふう |
(adj-na,n) old customs; old style |
17775 |
| 古楽 |
こがく |
(n) ancient (early) music |
18052 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 句読点 |
くとうてん |
(n) punctuation marks |
20897 |
| 古里 |
ふるさと |
(n) home town; birthplace; old village; historic village; native place; one's old home |
21576 |
| 字句 |
じく |
(n) wording; words and phrases; way of expression |
22749 |
| 節句 |
せっく |
(n) seasonal festival |
22948 |
| 句集 |
くしゅう |
(n) collection of haiku poems |
23235 |
| 古木 |
こぼく |
(n) old tree |
23584 |
| 古流 |
こりゅう |
(n) old manners; old style; old school (of art) |
24029 |
| 古史 |
こし |
(n) ancient history |
24551 |
| 古着 |
ふるぎ |
(n) old clothes; secondhand clothing |
24627 |
| 好古 |
こうこ |
(n) love of antiquities |
24915 |
| 古伝 |
こでん |
(n) legend; tradition |
24980 |
| 絶句 |
ぜっく |
(n,vs) become speechless |
25113 |
| 古紙 |
こし |
(n) used paper; paper for recycling |
25172 |
| 古人 |
こじん |
(n) ancient people |
25172 |
| 懐古 |
かいこ |
(adj-no,n) recalling the old days; nostalgia; reminiscences |
25849 |
| 句碑 |
くひ |
(n) slab with a haiku cut on it |
25849 |
| 古物 |
こぶつ |
(n) antique; old article; secondhand goods |
27058 |
| 古物 |
ふるもの |
(n) antique; old article; secondhand goods |
27058 |
| 古記 |
こき |
(n) ancient records |
27521 |
| 上古 |
じょうこ |
(n) ancient times |
27703 |
| 挙げ句 |
あげく |
(n-adv,n-t) in the end; finally; at last |
28008 |
| 古称 |
こしょう |
(n) old name |
28008 |
| 古本屋 |
ふるほんや |
(n) second hand bookstore |
28008 |
| 古豪 |
こごう |
(n) veteran; old-timer; man of experience |
28300 |
| 古刹 |
こさつ |
(n) ancient temple |
28681 |
| 古傷 |
ふるきず |
(n) old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident |
28866 |
| 謳い文句 |
うたいもんく |
(n) catchphrase; promotional line |
28866 |
| 古株 |
ふるかぶ |
(n) old-timer; veteran; senior |
29190 |
| 古稀 |
こき |
(n) age seventy |
29316 |
| 甚句 |
じんく |
(n) lively song; lively dance |
29316 |
| 一句 |
いっく |
(n) a phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem |
29519 |
| 句点 |
くてん |
(n) period; full stop |
29736 |
| 古びる |
ふるびる |
(v1) to look old; to get old |
29962 |
| 章句 |
しょうく |
(n) chapter and verse; paragraph; passage |
30069 |
| 古池 |
ふるいけ |
(n) old pool; old pond |
30552 |
| 古音 |
こおん |
(n) old (pre-Wu dynasty) character pronunciation |
31088 |
| 古事 |
こじ |
(n) ancient events |
31088 |
| 古めかしい |
ふるめかしい |
(adj) old and familiar |
31224 |
| 古臭い |
ふるくさい |
(adj) stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite |
31368 |
| 古物商 |
こぶつしょう |
(n) curio or secondhand dealer |
31368 |
| 古老 |
ころう |
(n) old people; seniors; elders; old-timer |
31648 |
| 擬古 |
ぎこ |
(n,vs) imitation of classical styles |
32076 |
| 詩句 |
しく |
(n) verse |
32076 |
| 成句 |
せいく |
(n) set phrase; idiomatic phrase |
32501 |
| 対句 |
ついく |
(n) couplet; antithesis |
32648 |
| 古潭 |
こたん |
(uk) village (Ainu term) |
32964 |
| 古希 |
こき |
(n) age seventy |
33111 |
| 連句 |
れんく |
(n) linked verse; couplet |
33462 |
| 古銭 |
こせん |
(n) old coin |
33636 |
| 禁句 |
きんく |
(n) taboo word |
33830 |
| 句会 |
くかい |
(n) gathering of haiku poets |
33830 |
| 古道具 |
こどうぐ |
(n) old furniture; curios; secondhand goods |
33830 |
| 古道具 |
ふるどうぐ |
(n) old furniture; curios; secondhand goods |
33830 |
| 常套句 |
じょうとうく |
(n) cliche |
33830 |
| 発句 |
ほっく |
(n) hokku (haiku); first line (of a tanka), first verse (of a renga) |
33830 |
| 古跡 |
こせき |
(n) historic ruins; historic spot |
34034 |
| 古跡 |
ふるあと |
(n) historic ruins; historic spot |
34034 |
| 使い古す |
つかいふるす |
(v5s) to wear out (something) |
34761 |
| 古学 |
こがく |
(n) classical studies |
34955 |
| 警句 |
けいく |
(n) aphorism |
35139 |
| 古手 |
ふるて |
(n) disused article; ex-soldier; retired official |
35139 |
| 桃の節句 |
もものせっく |
(n) puppet festival (3 March) |
35139 |
| 閑古鳥 |
かんこどり |
(n) a cuckoo |
35357 |
| 古雅 |
こが |
(adj-na,n) classical elegance; antiquity |
35357 |
| 下の句 |
しものく |
(n) the last part of a poem or Bible verse |
35577 |
| 出稽古 |
でげいこ |
(n) giving lessons at pupils homes |
35577 |
| 尚古 |
しょうこ |
(n) respect for olden days |
35778 |
| 古家 |
ふるいえ |
(n) old house; deserted house |
36620 |
| 千古 |
せんこ |
(n-adv,n-t) all ages; great antiquity; eternity |
36620 |
| 古筆 |
こひつ |
(n) old writing |
37130 |
| 万古 |
ばんこ |
(n-adv,n-t) perpetuity; eternity |
38001 |
| 蒙古斑 |
もうこはん |
(n) Mongolian spot; blue spot or mark |
38001 |
| 上の句 |
かみのく |
(n) the first part of a poem or verse |
38280 |
| 結句 |
けっく |
(adv,n) last line of a poem; finally |
38588 |
| 往古 |
おうこ |
(n) ancient times |
38888 |
| 古体 |
こたい |
(n) old custom; old style |
38888 |
| 句作 |
くさく |
(n) composing haiku poems |
39227 |
| 五節句 |
ごせっく |
(n) the 5 festivals (1 Jan, 3 Mar, 5 May, 7 Jul and 9 Sep) |
39227 |
| 寒稽古 |
かんげいこ |
(n) mid-winter training |
39571 |
| 狂句 |
きょうく |
(n) type of comic haiku |
39920 |
| 古詩 |
こし |
(n) ancient poems |
40263 |
| 古蹟 |
こせき |
(n) historic ruins; historic spot |
40263 |
| 反古 |
ほぐ |
(n) wastepaper; scrap paper |
40263 |
| 反古 |
ほご |
(n) wastepaper; scrap paper |
40263 |
| 古ぼける |
ふるぼける |
(v1) (uk) to look old; to become musty; to wear out |
40619 |
| 名句 |
めいく |
(n) famous saying; noted haiku |
40619 |
| 古色 |
こしょく |
(n) faded color; antique look |
41039 |
| お古 |
おふる |
(n) used article |
41444 |
| 古代紫 |
こだいむらさき |
(n) reddish-purple |
41904 |
| 古兵 |
こへい |
(n) (1) old soldier; veteran; old hand |
41904 |
| 古兵 |
ふるつわもの |
(n) (1) old soldier; veteran; old hand |
41904 |
| 古米 |
こまい |
(n) old rice |
41904 |
| 美辞麗句 |
びじれいく |
(n) flowery words; rhetorical flourishes |
41904 |
| 句読 |
くとう |
(n) punctuation; pause |
42342 |
| 古訓 |
こくん |
(n) ancient instruction; old reading |
42342 |
| 古拙 |
こせつ |
(adj-na,n) artless but attractive in a quaint sense |
42342 |
| 古狸 |
ふるだぬき |
(n) old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox |
42342 |
| 古武士 |
こぶし |
(n) (1) feudal warrior; samurai; (2) old soldier; veteran; old hand |
42342 |
| 古武士 |
ふるつわもの |
(n) (1) old soldier; veteran; old hand |
42342 |
| 古制 |
こせい |
(n) ancient establishment; ancient laws |
42893 |
| 殺し文句 |
ころしもんく |
(exp,n) "killing" (loving) words |
42893 |
| 初節句 |
はつぜっく |
(n) baby's first annual festival |
42893 |
| 句法 |
くほう |
(n) phraseology; diction |
43447 |