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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 語 |
ご |
(n,n-suf) language; word |
116 |
| 英語 |
えいご |
(n) the English language |
331 |
| 物語 |
ものがたり |
(n) tale; story; legend |
543 |
| 言語 |
げんご |
(n) language |
607 |
| 日本語 |
にっぽんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 日本語 |
にほんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 語る |
かたる |
(v5r) to talk; to tell; to recite |
1110 |
| 古代 |
こだい |
(adj-na,n-adv,n-t) ancient times |
1152 |
| 用語 |
ようご |
(n) term; terminology |
1262 |
| 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 |
| 落語 |
らくご |
(n) rakugo story; (telling) a comic story |
2782 |
| フランス語 |
フランスご |
(n) French language |
2800 |
| 古墳 |
こふん |
(n) ancient (mound) tomb |
2959 |
| 原語 |
げんご |
(n) original word; original language |
3703 |
| ラテン語 |
ラテンご |
(n) Latin |
4057 |
| 単語 |
たんご |
(n) word; vocabulary; (usually) single-character word |
4260 |
| 古川 |
ふるかわ |
(n) old river |
4418 |
| 語源 |
ごげん |
(n) word root; word derivation; etymology |
4446 |
| 国語 |
こくご |
(n) national language |
4832 |
| 最古 |
さいこ |
(n) the oldest |
5324 |
| 中国語 |
ちゅうごくご |
(n) Chinese language |
5586 |
| 古河 |
ふるかわ |
(n) old river |
5624 |
| 語尾 |
ごび |
(n) (inflected) end of a word |
6593 |
| 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 |
| 語族 |
ごぞく |
(n) family of languages |
7432 |
| 源氏物語 |
げんじものがたり |
the Tale of the Genji |
7841 |
| 語彙 |
ごい |
(n) vocabulary; glossary |
7922 |
| 古事記 |
こじき |
(n) Japan's Ancient Chronicle |
8234 |
| 造語 |
ぞうご |
(n) coined word |
8950 |
| 稽古 |
けいこ |
(n) practice; training; study |
8994 |
| 語学 |
ごがく |
(n) language study |
8994 |
| 訳語 |
やくご |
(n) terms used in translation |
9748 |
| 母語 |
ぼご |
(n) mother tongue |
10619 |
| 復古 |
ふっこ |
(n) revival; restoration |
10971 |
| 語り |
かたり |
(n) talking |
11119 |
| 略語 |
りゃくご |
(n) abbreviation; acronym |
11933 |
| 主語 |
しゅご |
(n) (gram) subject |
12052 |
| 俗語 |
ぞくご |
(n) colloquialism; colloquial language |
12270 |
| 物語る |
ものがたる |
(v5r) to tell; to indicate |
12764 |
| 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 |
| 漢語 |
かんご |
(n) Chinese word; Sino-Japanese word |
12994 |
| 古文 |
こぶん |
(n) ancient writing; classical literature |
13146 |
| 古文 |
こもん |
(n) ancient writing; classical literature |
13146 |
| 標語 |
ひょうご |
(n) motto; slogan; catchword |
13250 |
| 敬語 |
けいご |
(n) honorific; term of respect |
13273 |
| 口語 |
こうご |
(n) colloquial language |
13381 |
| 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 |
| 英単語 |
えいたんご |
(n) English word |
13970 |
| 隠語 |
いんご |
(n) (1) secret language; jargon; cant; (2) humbug |
14220 |
| 語句 |
ごく |
(n) words; phrases |
14284 |
| 対義語 |
たいぎご |
(n) word's opposite |
14331 |
| 仏語 |
ふつご |
(n) French language |
14624 |
| 仏語 |
ぶつご |
(n) Buddhist term |
14624 |
| ドイツ語 |
ドイツご |
(n) German language |
14861 |
| 語幹 |
ごかん |
(n) stem; root of a word |
14881 |
| 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 |
| 語り継ぐ |
かたりつぐ |
(v5g) to transmit; to hand down |
15527 |
| 熟語 |
じゅくご |
(n) idiom; idiomatic phrase; kanji compound |
15567 |
| 語録 |
ごろく |
(n) analects; sayings |
15789 |
| 独語 |
どくご |
(n) monologue; soliloquy |
15907 |
| 語法 |
ごほう |
(n) diction; grammar; syntax |
16112 |
| 語形 |
ごけい |
(n) word form |
16248 |
| 述語 |
じゅつご |
(n) predicate |
16265 |
| 弾き語り |
ひきがたり |
(n) singing to one's own accompaniment |
16546 |
| 古語 |
こご |
(n) obsolete word; old proverb; ancient (Japanese) language |
16902 |
| 文語 |
ぶんご |
(n) written language; literary language |
17023 |
| 新語 |
しんご |
(n) new word |
17176 |
| 語呂合わせ |
ごろあわせ |
(n) rhyming game; play on words; pun |
17195 |
| 語頭 |
ごとう |
(n) first part of a word |
17440 |
| 死語 |
しご |
(n) dead language; obsolete word |
17612 |
| 古風 |
こふう |
(adj-na,n) old customs; old style |
17775 |
| 語り口 |
かたりくち |
(n) way of reciting; way of telling a story |
17775 |
| 古楽 |
こがく |
(n) ancient (early) music |
18052 |
| 勅語 |
ちょくご |
(n) imperial rescript |
18155 |
| 季語 |
きご |
(n) seasonal word (in haiku) |
18205 |
| 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 |
| 語順 |
ごじゅん |
(n) word order |
18762 |
| 豪語 |
ごうご |
(n,vs) boasting; bombast |
19211 |
| 論語 |
ろんご |
(n) the Analects of Confucius |
19269 |
| 語感 |
ごかん |
(n) sense of language |
19579 |
| 人語 |
じんご |
(n) human speech |
20128 |
| 語義 |
ごぎ |
(n) meaning of a word |
20325 |
| 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 |
| 祖語 |
そご |
(n) a parent language |
20854 |
| 語り合う |
かたりあう |
(v5u) to talk together |
20989 |
| 語末 |
ごまつ |
(n) end of a word; suffix |
21314 |
| 古里 |
ふるさと |
(n) home town; birthplace; old village; historic village; native place; one's old home |
21576 |
| 語り手 |
かたりて |
(n) speaker; narrator; reciter |
22113 |
| 外語 |
がいご |
(n) foreign language |
22840 |
| 類義語 |
るいぎご |
(n) synonym |
22890 |
| 印欧語 |
いんおうご |
(n) Indo-European languages |
23399 |
| 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 |
| 語呂 |
ごろ |
(n) the sound; euphony |
24363 |
| 古史 |
こし |
(n) ancient history |
24551 |
| 古着 |
ふるぎ |
(n) old clothes; secondhand clothing |
24627 |
| 和語 |
わご |
(n) native Japanese words |
24627 |
| 好古 |
こうこ |
(n) love of antiquities |
24915 |
| 古伝 |
こでん |
(n) legend; tradition |
24980 |
| 古紙 |
こし |
(n) used paper; paper for recycling |
25172 |
| 古人 |
こじん |
(n) ancient people |
25172 |
| 補語 |
ほご |
(n) (gram) complement |
25286 |
| 同義語 |
どうぎご |
(n) synonym |
25767 |
| 懐古 |
かいこ |
(adj-no,n) recalling the old days; nostalgia; reminiscences |
25849 |
| 対語 |
ついご |
(n) pairing of (opposite) words; antonym |
26817 |
| 軍記物語 |
ぐんきものがたり |
(n) war chronicle |
26991 |
| 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 |
| 複合語 |
ふくごうご |
(n) compound word |
27058 |
| 古記 |
こき |
(n) ancient records |
27521 |
| 類語 |
るいご |
(n) synonym |
27521 |
| 梵語 |
ぼんご |
(n) Sanskrit |
27617 |
| 語根 |
ごこん |
(n) root (origin) of a word |
27703 |
| 上古 |
じょうこ |
(n) ancient times |
27703 |
| 術語 |
じゅつご |
(n) technical term |
27801 |
| 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 |
| 成語 |
せいご |
(n) set phrase; idiomatic expression |
28487 |
| 古刹 |
こさつ |
(n) ancient temple |
28681 |
| 古傷 |
ふるきず |
(n) old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident |
28866 |
| 古株 |
ふるかぶ |
(n) old-timer; veteran; senior |
29190 |
| 古稀 |
こき |
(n) age seventy |
29316 |
| 擬態語 |
ぎたいご |
(n) mimetic word (not mimicking sound) |
29736 |
| 古びる |
ふるびる |
(v1) to look old; to get old |
29962 |
| 夢物語 |
ゆめものがたり |
(n) account of a dream; empty dream; fantastic story |
30195 |
| 語らう |
かたらう |
(v5u) to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with |
30433 |
| 古池 |
ふるいけ |
(n) old pool; old pond |
30552 |
| 口語体 |
こうごたい |
(n) colloquial style |
30969 |