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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 元 |
もと |
(n,n-suf,n-t) (1) origin; original; (2) former |
93 |
| 座 |
ざ |
(n,n-suf) seat; one's place; position |
970 |
| 紀元前 |
きげんぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) pre-era; B.C. |
1078 |
| 元年 |
がんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year (of a specific reign) |
1106 |
| 地元 |
じもと |
(n) local |
1586 |
| 元号 |
げんごう |
(n) era name |
1714 |
| 元々 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
1977 |
| 王座 |
おうざ |
(n) throne |
1986 |
| 座席 |
ざせき |
(n) seat |
2214 |
| 座標 |
ざひょう |
(n) coordinate(s) |
2541 |
| 元素 |
げんそ |
(n) chemical element |
2689 |
| 紀元 |
きげん |
(n) (1) era; (2) A.D. (Christian era) |
2699 |
| 次元 |
じげん |
(n) dimension |
2702 |
| 銀座 |
ぎんざ |
(n) (Edo period) silver mint |
3619 |
| 講座 |
こうざ |
(n) lectureship; chair; course |
3719 |
| 元気 |
げんき |
(adj-na,n) health(y); robust; vigor; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep |
3935 |
| 元禄 |
げんろく |
(n) period in the Edo era |
4808 |
| 星座 |
せいざ |
(n) constellation |
5069 |
| 復元 |
ふくげん |
(n,vs) restoration (to original state); reconstruction |
5266 |
| 元首 |
げんしゅ |
(n) ruler; sovereign |
5543 |
| 還元 |
かんげん |
(n,vs) resolution; reduction; return to origins |
5667 |
| 元帥 |
げんすい |
(n) (field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army |
6008 |
| 座る |
すわる |
(v5r) to sit |
6064 |
| 元来 |
がんらい |
(n-adv) originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally |
6344 |
| 口座 |
こうざ |
(n) account (e.g. bank) |
6389 |
| 改元 |
かいげん |
(n) change of era |
6793 |
| 元祖 |
がんそ |
(n) originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
7285 |
| 元老 |
げんろう |
(n) elder statesman; authority |
7897 |
| 即座 |
そくざ |
(adj-no,n) immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu |
10646 |
| 一座 |
いちざ |
(n) the party; those present; a troupe; the first seat |
12043 |
| 手元 |
てもと |
(n) (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse; (2) usual skill |
12327 |
| 座長 |
ざちょう |
(n) chairman |
12356 |
| 家元 |
いえもと |
(n) head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school |
12592 |
| 座頭 |
ざがしら |
(n) leader of a troupe |
12798 |
| 座頭 |
ざとう |
(n) blind man or masseur |
12798 |
| 元日 |
がんじつ |
(n) New Year's Day |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぶく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぷく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 高座 |
こうざ |
(n) platform; stage; upper seat; pulpit |
12963 |
| 前座 |
ぜんざ |
(n) opening performance; minor performer |
13047 |
| 多元 |
たげん |
(n) pluralistic |
13595 |
| 根元 |
こんげん |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 根元 |
ねもと |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 足元 |
あしもと |
(n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step |
14101 |
| 座布団 |
ざぶとん |
(n) cushion (Japanese); square cushion used when sitting on one's knees in a tatami-mat floor |
14704 |
| 鎮座 |
ちんざ |
(n) enshrined |
14818 |
| 連座 |
れんざ |
(n,vs) implicated (involved) in (a crime) |
15609 |
| 販売元 |
はんばいもと |
(n) selling agency |
15733 |
| 山元 |
やまもと |
(n) owner of a mountain; a mine |
15891 |
| 座敷 |
ざしき |
(n) tatami room |
16015 |
| 元旦 |
がんたん |
(n) New Year's Day |
16747 |
| 台座 |
だいざ |
(n) pedestal |
17127 |
| 上座 |
かみざ |
(n) chief seat; seat of honor |
17775 |
| 上座 |
じょうざ |
(n) chief seat; seat of honor |
17775 |
| 座談 |
ざだん |
(n) conversation; discussion |
17941 |
| 元朝 |
げんちょう |
New Year's morning |
18052 |
| 身元 |
みもと |
(n) person's identity; ID; past; background |
18205 |
| 大元帥 |
だいげんすい |
(n) commander-in-chief; generalissimo |
19044 |
| 一元 |
いちげん |
(adj-no,n) unitary |
19141 |
| 座礁 |
ざしょう |
(n,vs) running aground; being stranded |
19141 |
| 単座 |
たんざ |
(n) single seat; single-seated |
19310 |
| 元凶 |
がんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 元凶 |
げんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 座右の銘 |
ざゆうのめい |
(n) desk motto; favourite motto |
19826 |
| 製造元 |
せいぞうもと |
(n) manufacturer; maker |
20004 |
| 道元 |
どうげん |
Zen monk, 1200-1253 |
20087 |
| 元本 |
がんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 元本 |
げんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 二元論 |
にげんろん |
(n) dualism |
20510 |
| 一元化 |
いちげんか |
(n) unification; centralization |
20712 |
| 遷座 |
せんざ |
(n) relocation of a shrine; transfer of an object of worship |
20819 |
| 視座 |
しざ |
(n) vantage point; viewpoint; standpoint; outlook |
20946 |
| 首座 |
しゅざ |
(n) seat of honor; head of the table; head |
20946 |
| 土下座 |
どげざ |
(n,vs) kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself |
21039 |
| 正座 |
しょうざ |
(n) seat of honor |
21177 |
| 正座 |
せいざ |
(n,vs) sitting correctly (Japanese style); sitting (or squatting) straight |
21177 |
| 地元民 |
じもとみん |
(n) local people |
22001 |
| 玉座 |
ぎょくざ |
(n) throne |
22493 |
| 中元 |
ちゅうげん |
(n) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon gifts |
22687 |
| 当座 |
とうざ |
(adj-no,n) for some time; present; current; immediate |
22804 |
| 口元 |
くちもと |
(n) the mouth; shape of the mouth; near an entrance |
23635 |
| 座主 |
ざす |
(n) temple's head priest |
23799 |
| 居座る |
いすわる |
(v5r) to remain |
23854 |
| 元通り |
もとどおり |
(adj-na,n-t) as before; as ever |
24029 |
| 版元 |
はんもと |
(n) publisher |
24291 |
| 座り |
すわり |
(n) sitting; stability |
24363 |
| 隠元 |
いんげん |
(n) beans |
24551 |
| 元締 |
もとじめ |
(n) controller; manager |
25041 |
| 便座 |
べんざ |
(n) toilet seat |
25423 |
| 湯元 |
ゆもと |
(n) source of a hot spring |
25554 |
| 親元 |
おやもと |
(n) one's parents; one's parents' home; one's home |
25630 |
| 二元 |
にげん |
(n) duality |
25705 |
| 円座 |
えんざ |
(n) sitting in circle; round straw mat |
25767 |
| 元手 |
もとで |
(n) funds; capital; stock |
25918 |
| 着座 |
ちゃくざ |
(n,vs) taking a seat |
25918 |
| 胸元 |
むなもと |
(n) breast; pit of stomach |
26001 |
| 元始 |
げんし |
(n) origin |
26157 |
| 座乗 |
ざじょう |
(n,vs) going on board (a ship) |
26157 |
| 膝元 |
ひざもと |
(n) near one's knee |
26319 |
| 元勲 |
げんくん |
(n) elder statesman |
26648 |
| 単元 |
たんげん |
(n) teaching unit |
26730 |
| 座禅 |
ざぜん |
(n) (Zen) meditation |
26817 |
| 水瓶座 |
みずがめざ |
(n) Aquarius; Water Carrier |
26893 |
| 御座所 |
ござしょ |
(n) a throne |
27058 |
| 中座 |
ちゅうざ |
(n,vs) leaving before an affair is over |
27433 |
| 銃座 |
じゅうざ |
(n) emplacement |
28115 |
| 多次元 |
たじげん |
(n) multidimensional |
28200 |
| 座員 |
ざいん |
(n) member of a theatrical troupe |
28567 |
| 紀元節 |
きげんせつ |
(n) (historical) Empire Day |
28975 |
| 蔵元 |
くらもと |
(n) sake brewer; warehouse overseer |
28975 |
| 極座標 |
きょくざひょう |
(n) polar coordinates |
29316 |
| 枕元 |
まくらもと |
(n) bedside |
29410 |
| 窯元 |
かまもと |
(n) pottery |
29519 |
| 下座 |
げざ |
(n) squatting; musicians' box on the left side of the stage |
30195 |
| 下座 |
しもざ |
(n) lower seat; sitting at the foot of the table |
30195 |
| 元利 |
がんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 元利 |
げんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 砲座 |
ほうざ |
(n) gun platform |
30195 |
| 元締め |
もとじめ |
(n) manager; boss; promoter |
30433 |
| 座り込む |
すわりこむ |
(v5m) to sit down (and bask); to sit-in (in protest) |
30433 |
| 元方 |
もとかた |
(n) capitalist; wholesaler |
30552 |
| 一元論 |
いちげんろん |
(n) monism |
30832 |
| 元三 |
がんざん |
(n-adv,n-t) New Year's Day; January 1 to 3 |
31368 |
| 腰元 |
こしもと |
(n) chamber maid; female servant |
31648 |
| 元金 |
がんきん |
(n) capital; principal |
31784 |
| 元金 |
もときん |
(n) capital; principal |
31784 |
| 御座る |
ござる |
(v5aru) (pol) to be |
31784 |
| 喉元 |
のどもと |
(n) throat |
31930 |
| 国元 |
くにもと |
(n) hometown; native place |
31930 |
| 目元 |
めもと |
(n) eyes; skin round one's eyes |
31930 |
| 多元的 |
たげんてき |
(adj-na,n) pluralism; plurality |
32501 |
| 座標軸 |
ざひょうじく |
(n) coordinate axis |
32648 |
| 元元 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
33282 |
| 座り込み |
すわりこみ |
(n,vs) sit-in (i.e. in protest) |
34381 |
| 座付き |
ざつき |
(n) working in the theater |
34381 |
| 座金 |
ざがね |
(n) (metal) washer |
34580 |
| 座元 |
ざもと |
(n) theater proprietor; producer |
34580 |
| 座像 |
ざぞう |
(n) seated figure |
34761 |
| 本元 |
ほんもと |
(n) origin; main branch of family |
34761 |
| 網元 |
あみもと |
(n) head of fisherman's group or union |
35139 |
| 火元 |
ひもと |
(n) origin of a fire |
35778 |
| 勧進元 |
かんじんもと |
(n) backer; promoter |
36169 |
| 火の元 |
ひのもと |
(n) origin of fire |
36396 |
| 胴元 |
どうもと |
(n) bookmaker (in gambling); manager |
36396 |
| 擱座 |
かくざ |
(n,vs) running aground; stalled; stranded |
36396 |
| 襟元 |
えりもと |
(n) front of neck |
36884 |
| 元請け |
もとうけ |
(n) prime contraction or contractor |
36884 |
| 座敷牢 |
ざしきろう |
(n) (Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics |
37405 |
| 耳元 |
みみもと |
(n) close to the ear |
38280 |
| 退座 |
たいざ |
(n) leaving one's seat |
38588 |