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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 |
| 用語 |
ようご |
(n) term; terminology |
1262 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 語源 |
ごげん |
(n) word root; word derivation; etymology |
4446 |
| 国語 |
こくご |
(n) national language |
4832 |
| 折 |
おり |
(n-adv,n-t) chance; suitable time |
5259 |
| 中国語 |
ちゅうごくご |
(n) Chinese language |
5586 |
| 屈指 |
くっし |
(adj-no,n) leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best |
6519 |
| 語尾 |
ごび |
(n) (inflected) end of a word |
6593 |
| 折り返し |
おりかえし |
(adv,n) lapel; cuffs; flap; chorus; refrain; repetition |
6653 |
| 時折 |
ときおり |
(n-adv) sometimes |
6902 |
| 骨折 |
こっせつ |
(n) bone fracture |
7254 |
| 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 |
| 折る |
おる |
(v5r) to break; to fold; to pick flower |
8411 |
| 造語 |
ぞうご |
(n) coined word |
8950 |
| 語学 |
ごがく |
(n) language study |
8994 |
| 折れる |
おれる |
(v1,vi,vt) to break; to be folded; to give in; to turn (a corner) |
9486 |
| 屈折 |
くっせつ |
(n) bending; indentation; refraction |
9742 |
| 訳語 |
やくご |
(n) terms used in translation |
9748 |
| 折り返す |
おりかえす |
(v5s) to turn up; to fold back |
9963 |
| 母語 |
ぼご |
(n) mother tongue |
10619 |
| 語り |
かたり |
(n) talking |
11119 |
| 挫折 |
ざせつ |
(n) frustration; setback; discouragement |
11461 |
| 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 |
| 屈辱 |
くつじょく |
(n) (a) disgrace; humiliation |
12698 |
| 物語る |
ものがたる |
(v5r) to tell; to indicate |
12764 |
| 漢語 |
かんご |
(n) Chinese word; Sino-Japanese word |
12994 |
| 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 |
| 右折 |
うせつ |
(n,vs) turning to the right; right turn |
13701 |
| 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 |
| 退屈 |
たいくつ |
(adj-na,n,vs) tedium; boredom |
14489 |
| 夭折 |
ようせつ |
(n) premature death |
14529 |
| 仏語 |
ふつご |
(n) French language |
14624 |
| 仏語 |
ぶつご |
(n) Buddhist term |
14624 |
| 回折 |
かいせつ |
(n,vs) diffraction |
14805 |
| ドイツ語 |
ドイツご |
(n) German language |
14861 |
| 語幹 |
ごかん |
(n) stem; root of a word |
14881 |
| 左折 |
させつ |
(n,vs) turning to the left; left turn |
14959 |
| 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 |
| 紆余曲折 |
うよきょくせつ |
(n) turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes |
15865 |
| 折り畳む |
おりたたむ |
(v5m) to fold up; to fold into layers |
15891 |
| 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 |
| 折衷 |
せっちゅう |
(n) compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism |
16658 |
| 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 |
| 折り合い |
おりあい |
(n) mutual relations; compromise |
17389 |
| 語頭 |
ごとう |
(n) first part of a word |
17440 |
| 死語 |
しご |
(n) dead language; obsolete word |
17612 |
| 語り口 |
かたりくち |
(n) way of reciting; way of telling a story |
17775 |
| 勅語 |
ちょくご |
(n) imperial rescript |
18155 |
| 季語 |
きご |
(n) seasonal word (in haiku) |
18205 |
| 屈服 |
くっぷく |
(n,vs) yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing |
18587 |
| 語順 |
ごじゅん |
(n) word order |
18762 |
| 不屈 |
ふくつ |
(adj-na,n) persistence; fortitude; indomitability |
18985 |
| 豪語 |
ごうご |
(n,vs) boasting; bombast |
19211 |
| 論語 |
ろんご |
(n) the Analects of Confucius |
19269 |
| 折衝 |
せっしょう |
(n) negotiation |
19344 |
| 理屈 |
りくつ |
(n) theory; reason |
19504 |
| 語感 |
ごかん |
(n) sense of language |
19579 |
| 屈曲 |
くっきょく |
(n) be crooked; bent; indented |
20128 |
| 人語 |
じんご |
(n) human speech |
20128 |
| 語義 |
ごぎ |
(n) meaning of a word |
20325 |
| 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 |
| 屈強 |
くっきょう |
(adj-na,n) robust (health); obstinate; sturdy; muscular |
21530 |
| 折り紙 |
おりがみ |
(n) origami (paper folding) |
21972 |
| 語り手 |
かたりて |
(n) speaker; narrator; reciter |
22113 |
| 屈する |
くっする |
(vs-s) to yield; to bend; to be daunted; to shrink |
22493 |
| 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 |
| 語呂 |
ごろ |
(n) the sound; euphony |
24363 |
| 窮屈 |
きゅうくつ |
(adj-na,n) narrow; tight; stiff; rigid; uneasy; formal; constrained |
24495 |
| 折り曲げる |
おりまげる |
(v1) to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double |
24627 |
| 和語 |
わご |
(n) native Japanese words |
24627 |
| 折れ曲がる |
おれまがる |
(v5r) to bend back and forth |
24915 |
| 補語 |
ほご |
(n) (gram) complement |
25286 |
| 折半 |
せっぱん |
(n,vs) half; division |
25491 |
| 同義語 |
どうぎご |
(n) synonym |
25767 |
| 指折り |
ゆびおり |
(n) leading; prominent; eminent |
26398 |
| 折々 |
おりおり |
(adv,n) occasionally |
26398 |
| 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 |
| 複合語 |
ふくごうご |
(n) compound word |
27058 |
| 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 |
| 術語 |
じゅつご |
(n) technical term |
27801 |
| 成語 |
せいご |
(n) set phrase; idiomatic expression |
28487 |
| 折り合う |
おりあう |
(v5u) to compromise |
29410 |
| 擬態語 |
ぎたいご |
(n) mimetic word (not mimicking sound) |
29736 |
| 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 |
| 卑屈 |
ひくつ |
(adj-na,n) menial; meanness; servility; abject |
30433 |
| 折伏 |
しゃくぶく |
(n) preaching down |
30552 |
| 折角 |
せっかく |
(adv,n) with trouble; at great pains; long-awaited |
30832 |
| 口語体 |
こうごたい |
(n) colloquial style |
30969 |
| 折り込む |
おりこむ |
(v5m) to fold inside |
30969 |
| 折込 |
おりこみ |
(n) foldout; insertion |
30969 |
| 偏屈 |
へんくつ |
(adj-na,n) eccentricity; bigotry; obstinacy |
31088 |
| 折り込み |
おりこみ |
(n) foldout; insertion |
31527 |
| 折り鶴 |
おりづる |
(n) folded paper crane |
31527 |
| 折檻 |
せっかん |
(n,vs) scolding severely; chastisement; correcting; spanking (a naughty boy) |
31648 |
| 曲折 |
きょくせつ |
(n) windings; meanderings; complications |
32076 |
| 失語 |
しつご |
(n) forgetting the words; inability to pronounce a word correctly |
32501 |
| 法語 |
ほうご |
(n) Buddhist sermon |
32964 |
| 一語 |
いちご |
(n) one word |
33111 |
| 鬱屈 |
うっくつ |
(n) gloomy |
33111 |
| 言語道断 |
ごんごどうだん |
(adj-na,n) outrageous; preposterous; inexcusable; absurd |
33282 |
| 失語症 |
しつごしょう |
(n) loss of speech |
33282 |
| 和洋折衷 |
わようせっちゅう |
(n) a blending of Japanese and Western styles |
33282 |
| 夢語り |
ゆめがたり |
(n) account of a dream |
33830 |
| 語調 |
ごちょう |
(n) tone (of voice); note; accent |
34034 |
| 折り重なる |
おりかさなる |
(v5r) to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap |
34034 |
| 折り目 |
おりめ |
(n) a fold; a crease (i.e. in trousers); something done by convention; manner |
34034 |
| 屁理屈 |
へりくつ |
(n) sophism; quibble |
34034 |
| 屈む |
かがむ |
(v5m) to stoop; to lean over |
34381 |
| 屈伸 |
くっしん |
(n) elasticity |
34381 |
| 骨折り損 |
ほねおりぞん |
(n) waste of labor or energy; vain effort |
34381 |
| 私語 |
しご |
(n) whispering; secret talk |
35139 |
| 反語 |
はんご |
(n) irony; rhetorical question; antonym; word in reverse |
35139 |
| 卑語 |
ひご |
(n) slang; vulgar expression; vulgarism |
35139 |