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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 書く |
かく |
(v5k) to write |
463 |
| 文字 |
もじ |
(n) letter (of alphabet); character |
545 |
| 文字 |
もんじ |
(n) letter (of alphabet); character |
545 |
| 字 |
あざ |
(n,suf) section of village |
836 |
| 字 |
じ |
(n) character; hand-writing |
836 |
| 図書館 |
としょかん |
(n) library |
1681 |
| 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 |
| 漢字 |
かんじ |
(n) Chinese characters; kanji |
2078 |
| 著書 |
ちょしょ |
(n) literary work; book |
2090 |
| 数字 |
すうじ |
(n) numeral; figure |
2291 |
| 書籍 |
しょせき |
(n) book; publication |
2314 |
| 書房 |
しょぼう |
(n) library; bookstore |
2599 |
| 大字 |
おおあざ |
(n) (1) larger section (of village); (2) large character |
2771 |
| 聖書 |
せいしょ |
(n) Bible; scriptures |
2790 |
| 書店 |
しょてん |
(n) bookshop |
3516 |
| 図書 |
としょ |
(n) books |
4802 |
| 新書 |
しんしょ |
(n) new book; 17 x 11 cm paperbook book |
4823 |
| 秘書 |
ひしょ |
(n) (private) secretary |
4943 |
| 教科書 |
きょうかしょ |
(n) text book |
5225 |
| 書記 |
しょき |
(n) clerk; secretary |
5342 |
| 頭文字 |
かしらもじ |
(n) initials; first letter of a word |
5449 |
| 書き込み |
かきこみ |
(n,vs) writing; entry (e.g. form) |
5711 |
| 太字 |
ふとじ |
(n) boldface; bold-type; thick characters |
6026 |
| 赤字 |
あかじ |
(n) deficit; go in the red |
6238 |
| 書き込む |
かきこむ |
(v5m) to fill in (writing) |
6484 |
| 書物 |
しょもつ |
(n) books |
6616 |
| 字幕 |
じまく |
(n) title; subtitle |
6783 |
| 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 |
| 十字軍 |
じゅうじぐん |
(n) Crusades; Crusaders |
7115 |
| 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 |
| ローマ字 |
ローマじ |
(n) romanization; Roman letters |
7454 |
| 書簡 |
しょかん |
(n) letter; note; epistle |
7625 |
| 苗字 |
みょうじ |
(n) surname; family name |
7912 |
| 書き換える |
かきかえる |
(v1) to rewrite; to renew; to transfer |
7935 |
| 小文字 |
こもじ |
(n) lower case letters |
7935 |
| 読書 |
どくしょ |
(n) reading |
8095 |
| 字体 |
じたい |
(n) type; font; lettering |
8231 |
| 書道 |
しょどう |
(n) calligraphy |
8348 |
| 活字 |
かつじ |
(n) printing type |
8622 |
| 十字架 |
じゅうじか |
(n) cross; the Cross (of Christ) |
8730 |
| 十字 |
じゅうじ |
(adj-na,n) cross; crossed; cruciform |
8884 |
| 書き下ろす |
かきおろす |
(v5s) to write a play, book, filmscript, etc. |
9001 |
| 文字通り |
もじどおり |
(n-adv) literally |
9010 |
| 大文字 |
おおもじ |
(n) (1) upper case letters; large characters |
9265 |
| 大文字 |
だいもんじ |
(n) (1) upper case letters; large characters; (2) the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; (3) huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year |
9265 |
| 赤十字 |
せきじゅうじ |
(n) Red Cross |
9293 |
| 十字路 |
じゅうじろ |
(n) crossroads |
9346 |
| 名字 |
みょうじ |
(n) surname; family name |
10094 |
| 印字 |
いんじ |
(n,vs) copying |
10767 |
| 字母 |
じぼ |
(n) letter (of the alphabet); phonetic script |
10892 |
| 叢書 |
そうしょ |
(n) series (of publications); library (of literature) |
10978 |
| 字形 |
じけい |
(n) character style or form |
11097 |
| 落書き |
らくがき |
(n,vs) scrawl; scribble; graffiti |
11140 |
| 肩書き |
かたがき |
(n) title; degree; address (on letter); criminal record |
11304 |
| 公文書 |
こうぶんしょ |
(n) official document; archives |
11461 |
| 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 |
| 黒字 |
くろじ |
(n) balance (figure) in the black |
12321 |
| 漢書 |
かんしょ |
(n) a Chinese book; a book written in Chinese |
12434 |
| 常用漢字 |
じょうようかんじ |
(n) kanji for common use |
12566 |
| 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 |
| 英字 |
えいじ |
(n) English letter (character) |
12756 |
| 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 |
| 書き方 |
かきかた |
(n) way of writing; how to write |
12963 |
| 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 |
| 書誌 |
しょし |
(n) bibliography |
13864 |
| 同書 |
どうしょ |
(n) the same book; the said book |
13864 |
| 一文字 |
いちもんじ |
(n) straight line; beeline |
13896 |
| 史書 |
ししょ |
(n) history book |
13955 |
| 書式 |
しょしき |
(n) blank form |
14727 |
| 点字 |
てんじ |
(n) Braille |
14745 |
| 読み書き |
よみかき |
(n) reading and writing |
14861 |
| 国会図書館 |
こっかいとしょかん |
(n) National Diet Library; Library of Congress |
14911 |
| 十文字 |
じゅうもんじ |
(adj-no,n) a cross; cruciform |
14911 |
| 葉書 |
はがき |
(n) postcard |
15174 |
| 古書 |
こしょ |
(n) old book; rare book |
15294 |
| 書き直す |
かきなおす |
(v5s) to write out; to make a fair copy |
15294 |
| 書写 |
しょしゃ |
(n) transcription; copying; handwriting |
15485 |
| 選書 |
せんしょ |
(n) anthology; selection of books |
15485 |
| 字引 |
じびき |
(n) dictionary |
15567 |
| 遺書 |
いしょ |
(n) posthumous writings |
15823 |
| 書き上げる |
かきあげる |
(v1) to write out or down; to finish writing |
16044 |
| 書状 |
しょじょう |
(n) letter; note |
16112 |
| 題字 |
だいじ |
(n) letters in a title |
16390 |
| 書家 |
しょか |
(n) calligrapher; individual with good penmanship |
16770 |
| 覚書 |
おぼえがき |
(n) memo; note; memorial; protocol |
16798 |
| 偽書 |
ぎしょ |
(n) spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery |
16983 |
| 詔書 |
しょうしょ |
(n) imperial edict; decree |
17421 |
| 書評 |
しょひょう |
(n,vs) book review |
17505 |
| 書法 |
しょほう |
(n) penmanship; calligraphy |
18077 |
| 書名 |
しょめい |
(n) pen name |
18205 |
| 当て字 |
あてじ |
(n) phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character |
18406 |
| 英数字 |
えいすうじ |
(n) alphanumeric character |
18462 |
| 横書き |
よこがき |
(n) writing horizontally |
18815 |
| 小字 |
こあざ |
(n) small administrative unit (of a village) |
18985 |
| 全書 |
ぜんしょ |
(n) complete book; complete set |
19375 |
| 国字 |
こくじ |
(n) native script; kana; kanji made in Japan |
19443 |
| 当用漢字 |
とうようかんじ |
(n) daily-use kanji |
19693 |
| 識字 |
しきじ |
(n) literacy |
19885 |
| 外字 |
がいじ |
(n) characters not in Joyo Kanji; foreign letters or words |
20087 |
| 字典 |
じてん |
(n) character dictionary |
20175 |
| 投書 |
とうしょ |
(n) letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution |
20278 |
| 調書 |
ちょうしょ |
(n) protocol; preliminary memo |
20325 |
| 書き残す |
かきのこす |
(v5s) to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out |
20404 |
| 十字街 |
じゅうじがい |
(n) crossroads; street crossing |
20635 |
| 経書 |
けいしょ |
(n) classic Confucian writings |
20749 |
| 正書法 |
せいしょほう |
(n) correct orthography |
20782 |
| 和書 |
わしょ |
(n) (Japanese) book bound in Japanese style |
20819 |
| 書斎 |
しょさい |
(n) study |
21230 |
| 誤字 |
ごじ |
(n) misprint |
21397 |
| 上書き |
うわがき |
(n) address; superscription |
21397 |
| 書林 |
しょりん |
(n) vast stock of books; bookstore |
21446 |
| 新字 |
しんじ |
(n) kanji made in Japan |
21576 |
| 字義 |
じぎ |
(n) the meaning or sense of a word |
21615 |
| 楷書 |
かいしょ |
(n) printed style writing |
21792 |
| 信書 |
しんしょ |
(n) letter; personal correspondence |
21972 |
| 四書 |
ししょ |
(n) the four Chinese classics |
22165 |
| 洋書 |
ようしょ |
(n) Western books |
22305 |
| 書庫 |
しょこ |
(n) archive (file) |
22341 |
| 勅書 |
ちょくしょ |
(n) imperial rescript |
22341 |
| 原書 |
げんしょ |
(n) original document |
22687 |
| 頭字 |
かしらじ |
(n) first letter(s); initial |
22687 |
| 字句 |
じく |
(n) wording; words and phrases; way of expression |
22749 |
| 筋書き |
すじがき |
(n) synopsis; outline; plot |
22890 |
| 書き記す |
かきしるす |
(v5s) to write down; to record; to register |
22890 |
| 百科全書 |
ひゃっかぜんしょ |
(n) encyclopedia |
22890 |
| 植字 |
しょくじ |
(n) typesetting |
22992 |
| 楔形文字 |
くさびがたもじ |
(n) cuneiform (writing) |
23038 |
| 添字 |
そえじ |
(n) subscript |
23186 |
| 金字塔 |
きんじとう |
(n) pyramid; monumental work |
23295 |
| 略字 |
りゃくじ |
(n) abbreviation; simplified character |
23295 |
| 絵文字 |
えもじ |
(n) ideograph; pictograph |
23399 |
| 国書 |
こくしょ |
(n) credentials; sovereign message |
23399 |
| 書き表す |
かきあらわす |
(v5s) to write out; to express; to publish |
23460 |
| 用字 |
ようじ |
(n) using characters |
23635 |
| 裏書 |
うらがき |
(n) endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll |
23686 |
| 字数 |
じすう |
(n) number of characters or letters |
23854 |